Antipathidae

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:

• Allopathes <small>Opresko & Cairns, 1994</small> -- 3 species
• Antipathes <small>Pallas, 1766</small> -- 66 species
• Cirrhipathes <small>de Blainville, 1830</small> -- 16 species
• Hillopathes <small>van Pesch, 1914</small> -- 1 species
• Pseudocirrhipathes <small>Bo & al., 2009</small> -- 1 species
• Pteropathes <small>Brook, 1889</small> -- 1 species
• Stichopathes <small>Brook, 1889</small> -- 34 species

Bibliography

• TERRANA, LUCAS, et al. “Shallow-Water Black Corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar.” Zootaxa, vol. 4826, no. 1, 2020, <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4826.1.1</nowiki>.

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