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 | |
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