Antipathidae
{{Short description|Family of corals}}
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| image = Cirrhipathes.jpg
| image_caption = Cirrhipathes sp.
| taxon = Antipathidae
| authority = Ehrenberg, 1834
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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:{{Cite WoRMS |year=2012 |title=Antipathidae |id=103301 |accessdate=2012-03-18}}
- 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
Image:Antipathes dichotoma1.jpg|Antipathes dichotoma
Image:Cirrhipathes sp - coral-wire-groovy.jpg|Cirrhipathes sp.
Image:Stichopathes sp NOAA.jpg|Stichopathes sp.
Bibliography
- {{cite web |url=http://nmnh.typepad.com/no_bones/2016/04/spotlight-on-antipatharians-black-corals.html |title=Spotlight on Antipatharians (Black Corals) |last1=Opresko |first1=Dennis |date= |website=NMNH.typepad.com |access-date=}}
- 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
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