Atlantic black coral

Antipathes atlantica

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth56–80 m
Water temperature23–28 °C
Best monthsJuly
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 3 records
March: 6 records
April: 8 records
May: 105 records
June: 116 records
July: 2,857 records
August: 206 records
September: 28 records
October: 119 records
November: 4 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 56–80 m · Deepest record: 448 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 20 records
50–60 m: 1,259 records
60–70 m: 731 records
70–80 m: 1,072 records
80–90 m: 140 records
90–100 m: 127 records
100–110 m: 40 records
110–120 m: 16 records
120+ m: 45 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–28 °C

22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 968 records
26–28 °C: 5 records
28–30 °C: 5 records

Names and classification

English: Atlantic black coral, Grey sea fan black coral, grey sea fan black coral

Names in 2 more languages

German: Atlantische Schwarze Koralle
Spanish: Coral negro del Atlántico

Other scientific names: Antipathella atlantica

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
3,541 open-data records from 1967 to 2024.

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