| Lisbon Oceanarium | |
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 TheOceanarium in theParque das Nações | |
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| 38°45′49″N9°05′37″W / 38.7635°N 9.0937°W /38.7635; -9.0937 | |
| Date opened | 1998[2] |
| Location | Lisbon,Portugal |
| No. of animals | 16,000[3] |
| No. of species | 450[3] |
| Volume of largest tank | 5,000 m3 (180,000 cu ft)[1] |
| Annual visitors | 1,000,000[2] |
| Public transit access |  Vermelha atOriente |
| Website | www |
TheLisbon Oceanarium (Portuguese:Oceanário de Lisboa,pronounced[ɔsi.ɐˈnaɾi.uðɨliʒˈβoɐ]) is anoceanarium inLisbon,Portugal. It is located in theParque das Nações, which was the exhibition grounds for theExpo '98. It is one of the largest indoor aquariums in Europe[4] and approximately 1 million people visit each year.[5]
The Lisbon Oceanarium’s conceptual design, architecture, and exhibit design was led by Peter Chermayeff ofPeter Chermayeff LLC while atCambridge Seven Associates. It is said to resemble anaircraft carrier, and is built on apier in an artificial lagoon. Chermayeff is also the designer of theOsaka Oceanarium Kaiyukan, one of the world's largest aquariums, and many other aquariums around the world.[6]
The Lisbon Oceanarium has a large collection of marine species —penguins,seagulls and otherbirds;sea otters (mammals);sharks,rays,chimaeras,seahorses and otherbony fish;crustaceans;starfish,sea urchins and otherechinoderms;sea anemones,corals and othercnidaria;octopuses,cuttlefish,sea snails and othermollusks;amphibians;jellyfish;marine plants andterrestrial plants and other marine organisms totaling about 16,000 individuals of 450 species.[3][7]
The main exhibit is a 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft), 5,000,000 L (1,300,000 US gal) tank with four large 49 m2 (530 sq ft) acrylic windows on its sides, and smaller focus windows strategically located around it to make sure it is a constant component throughout the exhibit space. It is 7 m (23 ft) deep, which allowspelagic swimmers to swim above the bottom dwellers, and provides the illusion of the open ocean. About 100 species from around the world are kept in this tank,[1] includingsharks,rays,barracudas,groupers, andmoray eels. One of the main attractions is a largesunfish.[8]
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Four tanks around the large central tank house four different habitats with their native flora and fauna: theNorth Atlantic rocky coast, theAntarctic coastal line, theTemperate Pacifickelp forests, and theTropical Indiancoral reefs. These tanks are separated from the central tank only by large sheets of acrylic to provide the illusion of a single large tank. Throughout the first floor there are an additional 25 thematic aquariums with each of the habitats' own characteristics.[9]
TheLisbon Oceanarium is one of the few aquariums in the world to house asunfish[citation needed], because of their unique and demanding requirements for care. Other species include two largespider crabs and twosea otters namedEusébio after the soccer player and Amália, named after the fado singerAmália Rodrigues. After both otters died (Eusébio in 2020 and Amália in 2013),[10] two new otters (named Micas and Maré), their daughters, which had been loaned to the Rotterdam zoo were brought back.
In 2015, a temporary exhibition, “Forests Underwater" byTakashi Amano opened. It is a tropical freshwater aquarium featuring a large amount of plants and is the world's largestnature aquarium at 40 metres long and 160,000 litres.[11] Originally scheduled to be open 2 years, it remains open today.
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