Antipathes dichotoma Black Coral

Antipathes dichotomais commonly referred to as Black Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3648 

AphiaID:

103309 

Scientific:

Antipathes dichotoma 

German:

Schwarze Koralle 

English:

Black Coral 

Category:

Sea Fans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Antipathidae (Family) > Antipathes (Genus) > dichotoma (Species) 

Initial determination:

Pallas, 1766 

Occurrence:

cosmopolitan species, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Italy, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Sulawesi, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

30 - 120 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Fish eggs, Food specialist, Lobster eggs, Plankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Antipathes americana
• 
  Antipathes arborea
  Schwarze Koralle
• Antipathes assimilis
• 
  Antipathes atlantica
  Gorgonie
• Antipathes brooki
• 
  Antipathes caribbeana
  Schwarze Koralle, Buschige Dörnchenkoralle
• Antipathes ceylonensis
• Antipathes chamaemorus
• Antipathes chota
• Antipathes columnaris
• Antipathes contorta
• Antipathes curvata
• Antipathes cylindrica
• Antipathes delicatula
• 
  Antipathes dendrochristos
  Schwarze Koralle
• Antipathes densa
• 
  Antipathes dichotoma
  Schwarze Koralle
• Antipathes elegans
• Antipathes erinaceus
• Antipathes flabellum
• Antipathes fragilis
• Antipathes fruticosa
• 
  Antipathes furcata
  Schwarze Koralle
• 
  Antipathes galapagensis
  Schwarze Koralle
• Antipathes gallensis
• Antipathes glutinata
• Antipathes gracilis
• Antipathes grandiflora
• 
  Antipathes grandis
  Schwarze Koralle, Dörnchenkoralle
• Antipathes grayi
• Antipathes herdmanni
• Antipathes indistincta
• Antipathes irregularis
• 
  Antipathes lenta
  Schwarze Koralle, Dörnchenkorallen
• 
  Antipathes lentipinna
  Schwarze Koralle
• Antipathes longibrachiata
• Antipathes minor
• Antipathes nilanduensis
• Antipathes pauroclema
• Antipathes plana
• Antipathes plantagenista
• Antipathes pseudodichotoma
• Antipathes regularis
• Antipathes rhipidion
• Antipathes rubra
• Antipathes rubusiformis
• Antipathes salicoides
• Antipathes sarothrum
• Antipathes sealarki
• Antipathes sibogae
• Antipathes simplex
• Antipathes simpsoni
• Antipathes speciosa
• Antipathes spinulosa
• Antipathes tenuispina
• Antipathes ternatensis
• Antipathes thamnoides
• Antipathes umbratica
• Antipathes valdiviae
• Antipathes viminalis
• Antipathes virgata
• Antipathes zoothallus
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Antipathes sylospongia
  Schwarze Koralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-04-23 11:11:19 

Last edit:

2021-01-13 14:58:30 

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