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Lophelia pertusa
size:
reefs up to hundreds of square kilometerscolor:
white, pink or yellowishfood:
plankton- Dut:Lophelia (traliekoraal)
- Lat: Lophelia pertusa
- Eng: see Latin
- Ger: see Latin
- Fre: see Latin
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Lophelia pertusa
Lophelia pertusa is one of the best known coldwater coral species. Because it lives so deep, it is difficult to find it, despite the fact that it is the most numerous coldwater coral. Studies of coldwater coral are taking place more often, so that more reefs are being discovered. In 1999, a large reef was found, close to Norway. The reefs of Lophelia pertusa offer shelter for many other species, such as crustaceans, small Scorpaeniformes and marine fungi.
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