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Hawaiian black coral
Antipathes griggi
- Usual depth16–105 m
- Water temperature25–26 °C
- Best monthsDecember
- How commonRare
About this species
Antipathes griggi is a species of colonial coral in the order Antipatharia, the black corals, so named because their calcareous skeletons are black.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Antipathes griggi”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 12 records
- May: 34 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 28 records
- December: 63 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 16–105 m · Deepest record: 242 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–26 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Hawaiian black coral
Names in 1 more languages
- Spanish
- Coral negro de Hawái
Similar species
- Atlantic black coral
Antipathes atlantica
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 197 open-data records from 1972 to 2013.
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