Order Antipatharia: Black Corals, Thorny Corals
Genus Antipathes:
| Antipathes sp. Bushy Black Coral. Finely
branched to the point of bushiness. Colored gold to brownish.
Circumtropical genus. N. Sulawesi pix. |
 
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| Antipathes atlantica. Atlantic Black Coral.
Roatan 2016 |
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| Antipathes dichotoma. Black
Coral. The largest black coral tree species in the Red
Sea. Used for its hard proteinaceous endoskeleton in the
jewelry trade. Close up by Diana Fenner. |
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| Antipathes galapagensis (poss.). In a swim through
cave in Puerto Vallarta 2015. |
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| Antipathes gracilis Orange Sea Fan Black Coral.
1.5-4'. Uniplanar colonies that are stiff and primary and secondary
branching. Roatan 2017. |
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Genus Cirrhipathes:
| Cirrhipathes anguina, Whip Coral, Red Sea.
Often twisted on its singular axis. Red Sea pix by Diana
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| Cirrhipathes (Stichopathes) leutkeni, Wire
Coral. Tropical West Atlantic. Up to fourteen feet in length.
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| Cirrhipathes sp. Yellow Whip Coral, Bunaken,
N. Sulawesi, |
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| Cirrhipathes sp. Nuka Hiva, Marquesas,
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Genus Plumapathes:
| Plumapathes pennacea. Black Coral. Darker
brown branches with lighter brown side branches in a single plane. A nice
stand in Cozumel 2014. |
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