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Lophelia pertusa, the only
species in the
genus Lophelia, is a cold-water
coral that
grows in the deep
waters throughout the
North Atlantic ocean, as well...
- mound-like
Lophelia structures. One of them, the
Therese Mound, is
particularly noted for its
Lophelia pertusa and
Madrepora oculata colonies.
Lophelia reefs...
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Lophelia reef (also
known by its
Wakashan name q̓áuc̓íwísuxv) is a
coral reef that lies some 200 m
underwater in
Finlayson Channel in
British Columbia...
- (4.3 mi). The reef is
generated by the
coral Lophelia pertusa, and is the world's
largest known Lophelia reef. It is also the world's
largest known deep-water...
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Rubicundus lopheliae, the
lophelia hagfish, is a
species of
jawless fish in the
family Myxinidae. It was
originally classified in the
genus Eptatretus...
- and can live
globally in much
deeper water, such as the cold-water
genus Lophelia which can
survive as deep as 3,300
metres (10,800 feet; 1,800 fathoms)...
- M.
oculata is
often experimentally compared to
related deep sea coral,
Lophelia pertusa. The
species is
quite variable in its
tendency to branch, its texture...
- from
sandy and
stony reefs,
extensive cold
water coral reefs,
mostly of
Lophelia, are
growing in Skagerrak. The Säcken Reef in the
Swedish marine protection...
- Ridge,
named after the
island of Sula. The reef is
generated by the
coral Lophelia pertusa. It has a
length of
about 13
kilometers (8.1 mi), and is 700 meters...
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Subject Credit(s) 2010 BBC's
Horizon "Death of Oceans" 1x59 min
Presenter Lophelia's "Cold
Water Corals" 1x5 min
Short do****entary
about cold
water corals...
