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Flabellum (Ulocyathus) macandrewi Splitting Fan Coral, MacAndrew's stony coral

Flabellum (Ulocyathus) macandrewiis commonly referred to as Splitting Fan Coral, MacAndrew's stony coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
15560 
AphiaID:
135197 
Scientific:
Flabellum (Ulocyathus) macandrewi 
German:
MacAndrew's Steinkoralle, Spalt-Fächerkoralle 
English:
Splitting Fan Coral, MacAndrew's Stony Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Flabellidae (Family) > Flabellum (Genus) > (Ulocyathus) macandrewi (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gray, 1849 
Occurrence:
Azores, Bay of Biscay, Canada , Columbia, East cost of USA, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Ireland, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, North-West-Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, Norway, Portugal, Spain, the Caribbean, the Faroe Islands 
Sea depth:
128 - 1260 Meter 
Habitats:
Continental shelf, Continental Slopes 
Size:
3,0 cm 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Marine snow, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
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:
  • Flabellum alabastrum
  • Flabellum angulare
  • Flabellum angustum
  • Flabellum aotearoa
  • Flabellum apertum
  • Flabellum arcuatile
  • Flabellum areum
  • Flabellum atlanticum
  • Flabellum australe
  • Flabellum campanulatum
 
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Created:
Last edit:
2023-02-11 17:34:10 

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The first Flabellum species described from the North Atlantic was Flabellum macandrewi Gray (1849), based on fragments of a single coral.
Flabellum (Ulocyathus) macandrewi is a solitary cold-water species that few people will get to see in the flesh.

Photographs of the species are usually taken by scientific research submarines.

There are only a few stony corals that are able to meet their energy needs from stored zooxanthellae at depths of over 150 meters, Flabellum (Ulocyathus) macandrewi on the other hand is an azooxanthellate coral that relies on catching zooplankton or marine snow.

Synonyms:
Flabellum macandrewi Gray, 1849
Ulocyathus arcticus Sars, 1851

External links

  1. Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken, page 141 als Ulocyathus arcticus (da). Abgerufen am 09.02.2023.
  2. CEND 5/14 Fladen Grounds Survey Cruise Report (en). Abgerufen am 09.02.2023.
  3. Deep Sea Corals Collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 1 Atlantic Corals, (en). Abgerufen am 09.02.2023.
  4. Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the U.S. Northeast Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution (en). Abgerufen am 09.02.2023.
  5. List of Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the U.S. Northeast Region: Depth and Geographic Distribution (v. 2021) (en). Abgerufen am 09.02.2023.
  6. Norwegian Biodiversity Information Center (multi). Abgerufen am 09.02.2023.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 09.02.2023.

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