Parantipathes larix Black Coral, Larix-Coral

Parantipathes larix is commonly referred to as Black Coral, Larix-Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13545 

AphiaID:

103328 

Scientific:

Parantipathes larix 

German:

Schwarze Koralle, Lärchen-Koralle 

English:

Black Coral, Larix-Coral 

Category:

Sea Fans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Schizopathidae (Family) > Parantipathes (Genus) > larix (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Esper, ), 1788 

Occurrence:

West Sahara, Bay of Biscay, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, Italy, Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean), Mauritania, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

100 - 2300 Meter 

Size:

up to 78.74" (200 cm) 

Temperature:

35.6 °F - 60.8 °F (2°C - 16°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Marine snow, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

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:

• Parantipathes helicosticha
• Parantipathes laricides
• 
  Parantipathes larix
  Schwarze Koralle, Lärchen-Koralle
• Parantipathes tetrasticha
• Parantipathes wolffi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-01-11 17:08:41 

Last edit:

2021-01-13 20:02:25 

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