Errina antarctica Red hydrocoral

Errina antarcticais commonly referred to as Red hydrocoral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Mathias Hune, Chile

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AphiaID:: 285801

Scientific:: Errina antarctica
German:: Filigrankoralle
English:: Red Hydrocoral

Category:: Lace corals

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Errina (Genus) > antarctica (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gray, ), 1872

Occurrence:: Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, South Atlantic, the Falkland Islands
Sea depth:: 18 - 1212 Meter
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 32 °F - 9,7 °F (0°C - 9,7°C)
Food:: Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Errina adornata
Errina altispina
Errina antarctica
Filigrankoralle
Errina aspera
Errina atlantica
Errina australis
Errina bicolor
Errina boschmai
Errina capensis
Errina chathamensis
Errina cheilopora
Errina cochleata
Errina cooki
Errina cyclopora
Errina dabneyi
Errina dendyi
Errina fissurata
Filigrankoralle
Errina gracilis
Errina japonica
Errina kerguelensis
Errina labrosa
Filigrankoralle
Errina laevigata
Errina laterorifa
Errina macrogastra
Errina novaezelandiae
Errina reticulata
Errina sinuosa

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-11-23 21:48:44
Last edit:: 2021-05-28 21:10:06

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(Gray, 1872)

Very special thanks for this wonderful photo of Errina antarctica to Dr. Mark Hüne, Universidad Austral de Chile, Santiago de Chile.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydrozoonolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Errina (Genus) > Errina antarctica (Species)

Scientific paper

Vast reef-like accumulation of the hydrocoralErrina antarctica(Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) wiped out in Central Patagonia, Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. , 2014
Carotenoid-calcium carbonate complex from the hydrocoral Errina antarctica, B. Czeczuga, 1985

External links

Bachelor-Arbeit von Malte Winkler über Errina antarktis (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Smithsonian Institution (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Smithsonian Institution Antarctic Invertebrates (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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