Antipathes lenta Hair net black coral

Antipathes lenta is commonly referred to as Hair net black coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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Scientific:: Antipathes lenta
German:: Schwarze Koralle, Dörnchenkorallen
English:: Hair Net Black Coral

Category:: Sea Fans

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Antipathidae (Family) > Antipathes (Genus) > lenta (Species)
Initial determination:: Pourtalès, 1871

Occurrence:: Canada Western Atlantic, Columbia, East cost of USA, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, the Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela, 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:: 20 - 800 Meter
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Organic suspended sediment , Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Experts only! Very hard to keep
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown