Black Coral (Antipathes dichotoma)

Invertebrateverified

Antipathes dichotoma

Pallas, 1766

Black Coral

Also known as: Branching Black Coral

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Taxonomy

Class

Hexacorallia

Order

Antipatharia

Family

Antipathidae

Other species in Antipathidae

Stichopathes luetkeni

Stichopathes luetkeni

Black Wire Coral

Antipathes atlantica

Antipathes atlantica

Atlantic Black Coral

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