Biology:Antipathidae
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Short description: Family of corals
| Antipathidae | |
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| Cirrhipathes sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Antipatharia |
| Family: | Antipathidae Ehrenberg, 1834 |
Antipathidae is a family of corals in the order Antipatharia, commonly known as black corals. They are generally considered a deep-water taxon; however, some of the most diverse communities are known from tropical shallow waters.
Taxonomy
This family contains the following genera according to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]
- Allopathes Opresko & Cairns, 1994 -- 3 species
- Antipathes Pallas, 1766 -- 66 species
- Cirrhipathes de Blainville, 1830 -- 16 species
- Hillopathes van Pesch, 1914 -- 1 species
- Pseudocirrhipathes Bo & al., 2009 -- 1 species
- Pteropathes Brook, 1889 -- 1 species
- Stichopathes Brook, 1889 -- 34 species
Cirrhipathes sp.
Stichopathes sp.
Bibliography
- Opresko, Dennis. "Spotlight on Antipatharians (Black Corals)". http://nmnh.typepad.com/no_bones/2016/04/spotlight-on-antipatharians-black-corals.html.
- TERRANA, LUCAS, et al. “Shallow-Water Black Corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar.” Zootaxa, vol. 4826, no. 1, 2020, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4826.1.1.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q2853319 entry
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