Biology:Antipathes dendrochristos
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Short description: Species of coral
| Antipathes dendrochristos | |
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| Growing off the coast of California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Antipatharia |
| Family: | Antipathidae |
| Genus: | Antipathes |
| Species: | A. dendrochristos
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| Binomial name | |
| Antipathes dendrochristos Opresko, 2005
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Antipathes dendrochristos, commonly known as Christmas tree coral, is a species of colonial coral in the order Antipatharia,[1] the black corals, so named because their calcareous skeletons are black.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q4000327 entry
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