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Stichopathes pourtalesi Black Coral, Whip Coral, Whip black coral

Stichopathes pourtalesi is commonly referred to as Black Coral, Whip Coral, Whip black coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
17810 
AphiaID:
283975 
Scientific:
Stichopathes pourtalesi 
German:
Peitschenkoralle 
English:
Black Coral, Whip Coral, Whip Black Coral 
Category:
Meriviuhkat 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Antipathidae (Family) > Stichopathes (Genus) > pourtalesi (Species) 
Initial determination:
Brook, 1889 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Central Atlantic, Columbia, Cuba, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Caribbean, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 
Sea depth:
10 - 2200 Meter 
Size:
up to 39.37" (100 cm) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Marine snow, Mucus, Organic suspended sediment , Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
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:
  • Stichopathes abyssicola
  • Stichopathes aggregata
  • Stichopathes alcocki
  • Stichopathes bispinosa
  • Stichopathes bournei
  • Stichopathes ceylonensis
  • Stichopathes contorta
  • Stichopathes dissimilis
  • Stichopathes echinulata
    Hornkoralle
  • Stichopathes euoplos
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-04-06 17:55:09 

Info

Stichopathes pourtalesi forms unbranched, spiral-shaped colonies that are 1 metre or more in height and wind distally into several spirals.
The polyps have a diameter of 0.8–1.7 mm and are spaced 1.0–2.7 mm apart.

Living colonies are light brown or white in colour.

The corals were collected in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico at depths of between 82 and 299 metres (Bo & Opresko, 2015), with specimens from Bermuda collected at depths of between 143 and 305 metres.

Synonym: Stichopathes spiralis (Pourtalès, 1880) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the U. S. Caribbean Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution (en). Abgerufen am 18.10.2025.
  2. Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: Depth and Geographical Distribution (en). Abgerufen am 18.10.2025.
  3. Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Antipatharia, Tiefenangabe bis 2200 Meter (en). Abgerufen am 18.10.2025.
  4. Redescription of Stichopathes pourtalesi Brook, 1889 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Antipathidae) (en). Abgerufen am 18.10.2025.
  5. The biology and ecology of hawaiian black corals, Tiefenangabe bis 1606 Meter (en). Abgerufen am 18.10.2025.
  6. The black coral fauna (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of Bermuda with new records, Seite 371- 372 (en). Abgerufen am 18.10.2025.

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