Corals & Other Invertebrates
Lophelia Coral
Lophelia pertusa
Also known as
Spider hazards, white stony coral, eye coral
Distribution
Tropical to sub-polar latitudes in the north Atlantic
Ecosystem/Habitat
Deep-sea on hard substrates
Feeding Habits
Filter feeder
Conservation Status
Not listed
Taxonomy
Order Scleractinia (hard corals); Family Caryophylliidae (true stony corals)
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+The lophelia coral is a true stony coral that lives in the deep sea in cold, temperate waters rather than on shallow, tropical coral reefs. Unlike shallow-water corals, lophelia corals and other deep-water corals do not get their food from symbiotic algae living inside their cells. Instead, they obtain all of their energy by eating plankton and other organic matter from the water that flows along deep-sea currents. Like all corals, lophelia are closely related to anemones and jellyfishes. Lophelia coral are one of the most abundant and widely distributed deep-sea corals in the Atlantic and provide important habitat for many marine species, including fish, crustaceans and even other species of coral.
- American Lobster
- American Plaice
- Arctic Char
- Atlantic Cod
- Atlantic Herring
- Atlantic Mackerel
- Atlantic Puffin
- Atlantic Walrus
- Atlantic Wolffish
- Beluga Whale
- Blue Shark
- Bowhead Whale
- Bubblegum Coral
- Canary Rockfish
- Capelin
- Chinook Salmon
- Dungeness Crab
- Eulachon
- Fin Whale
- Fjords
- Giant Pacific Octopus
- Great White Shark
- Green Sea Turtle
- Greenland Halibut/Turbot
- Greenland Shark
- Humboldt Squid
- Humpback Whale
- Kelp Forests
- Leatherback Sea Turtle
- Lingcod
- Lion's Mane Jellyfish
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Lophelia Coral
- Narwhal
- North Atlantic Right Whale
- Northern Gannet
- Northern Shrimp
- Orca
- Pacific Herring
- Pilot Whale
- Polar Bear
- Pom-Pom Anemones
- Redfish (Acadian & Deepwater)
- Sea Otter
- Sea Pens
- Sea Strawberry
- Seamounts
- Snow crab
- Sockeye Salmon
- Spiny Dogfish
- Thick-billed Murres
- Thorny Skate
- Tufted Puffin
- Yelloweye Rockfish