Tanacetipathes spinescens Black Coral

Tanacetipathes spinescens is 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:

6435 

AphiaID:

291178 

Scientific:

Tanacetipathes spinescens 

German:

Schwarze Koralle 

English:

Black Coral 

Category:

Sea Fans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Myriopathidae (Family) > Tanacetipathes (Genus) > spinescens (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gray, ), 1857 

Occurrence:

North Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

up to 59.06" (150 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Plankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

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

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Tanacetipathes barbadensis
• 
  Tanacetipathes cavernicola
  Schwarze Koralle
• 
  Tanacetipathes hirta
  Tiefsee-Gorgonie
• Tanacetipathes longipinnula
• Tanacetipathes paula
• 
  Tanacetipathes spinescens
  Schwarze Koralle
• Tanacetipathes squamosa
• 
  Tanacetipathes tanacetum
  Schwarze Koralle, Flaschenbürstenkoralle
• Tanacetipathes thalassoros
• Tanacetipathes thamnea
• 
  Tanacetipathes wirtzi
  Schwarze Koralle
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-23 09:27:22 

Last edit:

2013-11-23 09:27:22 

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