Antipathidae is a family of corals in the orderAntipatharia, 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.
antipathidae, family, corals, order, antipatharia, commonly, known, black, corals, they, generally, considered, deep, water, taxon, however, some, most, diverse, communities, known, from, tropical, shallow, waters, cirrhipathes, scientific, classificationdomai. 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 AntipathidaeCirrhipathes sp Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum CnidariaClass HexacoralliaOrder AntipathariaFamily AntipathidaeEhrenberg 1834Taxonomy editThis family contains the following genera according to the World Register of Marine Species 1 Allopathes Opresko amp Cairns 1994 3 species Antipathes Pallas 1766 66 species Cirrhipathes de Blainville 1830 16 species Hillopathes van Pesch 1914 1 species Pseudocirrhipathes Bo amp al 2009 1 species Pteropathes Brook 1889 1 species Stichopathes Brook 1889 34 species nbsp Antipathes dichotoma nbsp Cirrhipathes sp nbsp Stichopathes sp Bibliography editOpresko Dennis Spotlight on Antipatharians Black Corals NMNH typepad com 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 edit Antipathidae WoRMS World Register of Marine Species 2012 Retrieved 2012 03 18 nbsp This Hexacorallia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antipathidae amp oldid 1145263004, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
