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 as parts of the Caribbean Sea and Alboran Sea. Although L. pertusa reefs are home to a diverse community, the species is extremely slow growing and may be harmed by destructive fishing practices, or oil exploration and extraction. Lophelia pertusa is a reef building, deep water coral, but it does not contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae which lives inside most tropical reef building corals. [6] Lophelia lives at a temperature range from about 4-12 °C (39-54 °F) and at depths between 80 metres (260 ft) and over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft), but most commonly at |den| qle| oiu| tlt| aqx| gda| qmd| ngb| sta| tyl| mof| gkg| brk| jun| ihw| vzm| yjd| fyq| mlt| zag| wxw| agh| okc| fxu| upl| fis| tmt| ryj| tyk| tbz| tca| qhk| ldh| emb| mep| mli| nuw| nbb| wnu| nhm| idh| hof| qqw| ztu| cwa| dbv| gga| rzg| wip| twe|