''Antipathes'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

coral Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and sec ...

in the order

Antipatharia Antipatharians, also known as black corals or thorn corals, are an order of soft deep-water corals. These corals can be recognized by their jet-black or dark brown chitin skeletons, surrounded by the polyps (part of coral that is alive). Antipa ...

, composed of black coral (so named for its black skeleton). Distinct features vary greatly within this genus: it contains symmetrically aligned as well as irregularly shaped corals, a range of different colors, and colonies that can be either sparsely branched or closely packed. polyps for these corals have six tentacles that are each lined with stinging cells. Unlike their reef-building cousins, these coral lack

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and are not restricted to the lighter surface regions. They prefer to live in deeper waters near currents so they can catch and eat passing

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Species

Species included in this genus are: Antipathozoanthus

* '' Antipathes aculeata'' (Brook, 1889) * '' Antipathes arborea'' Dana, 1846 * '' Antipathes assimilis'' (Brook, 1889) * '' Antipathes atlantica'' Gray, 1857 * '' Antipathes brooki'' (Whitelegge & Hill, 1899) * ''

Antipathes caribbeana ''Antipathes'' is a genus of coral in the order Antipatharia, composed of black coral (so named for its black skeleton). Distinct features vary greatly within this genus: it contains symmetrically aligned as well as irregularly shaped corals, a r ...

'' Opresko, 1996 * '' Antipathes catharinae'' (Pax, 1932) * '' Antipathes ceylonensis'' (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) * '' Antipathes chamaemorus'' Pax & Tischbierek, 1932 * '' Antipathes chota'' Cooper, 1903 * '' Antipathes contorta'' (Brook, 1889) * '' Antipathes craticulata'' Opresko, 2015 * '' Antipathes curvata'' van Pesch, 1914 * '' Antipathes delicatula'' Schultze, 1896 * '' Antipathes dendrochristos'' Opresko, 2005 * '' Antipathes densa'' Silberfeld, 1909 * '' Antipathes dichotoma'' Pallas, 1766 * '' Antipathes dofleini'' Pax, 1915 * '' Antipathes dubia'' (Brook, 1889) * '' Antipathes elegans'' (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) * '' Antipathes erinaceus'' (Roule, 1905) * '' Antipathes fragilis'' Gravier, 1918 * '' Antipathes fruticosa'' Gray, 1857 * '' Antipathes furcata'' Gray, 1857 * '' Antipathes galapagensis'' Deichmann, 1941 * '' Antipathes gallensis'' Thomson & Simpson, 1905 * '' Antipathes gracilis'' Gray, 1860 * '' Antipathes grandiflora'' Silberfeld, 1909 * '' Antipathes grandis'' Verrill, 1928 * '' Antipathes grayi'' Roule, 1905 * '' Antipathes griggi'' Opresko, 2009 * '' Antipathes herdmanni'' Cooper, 1909 * '' Antipathes hypnoides'' (Brook, 1889) * '' Antipathes indistincta'' (van Pesch, 1914) * '' Antipathes irregularis'' (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) * '' Antipathes irregularis'' Cooper, 1909 * '' Antipathes irregularis'' Verrill, 1928 * '' Antipathes lenta'' Pourtalès, 1871 * '' Antipathes lentipinna'' Brook, 1889 * '' Antipathes longibrachiata'' van Pesch, 1914 * '' Antipathes minor'' (Brook, 1889) * '' Antipathes nilanduensis'' Cooper, 1903 * '' Antipathes orichalcea'' Pallas, 1766 * '' Antipathes pauroclema'' Pax & Tischbierek, 1932 * '' Antipathes plana'' Cooper, 1909 * '' Antipathes plantagenista'' (Cooper, 1903) * '' Antipathes pseudodichotoma'' Silberfeld, 1909 * '' Antipathes regularis'' Cooper, 1903 * '' Antipathes rhipidion'' Pax, 1916 * '' Antipathes rubra'' Cooper, 1903 * '' Antipathes rubusiformis'' Warner & Opresko, 2004 * '' Antipathes salicoides'' Summers, 1910 * '' Antipathes sarothrum'' Pax, 1932 * '' Antipathes sealarki'' Cooper, 1909 * '' Antipathes sibogae'' (van Pesch, 1914) * '' Antipathes simplex'' (Schultze, 1896) * '' Antipathes simpsoni'' (Summers, 1910) * '' Antipathes speciosa'' (Brook, 1889) * '' Antipathes spinulosa'' (Schultze, 1896) * '' Antipathes taxiformis'' Duchassaing, 1870 * '' Antipathes tenuispina'' (Silberfeld, 1909) * '' Antipathes ternatensis'' Schultze, 1896 * '' Antipathes thamnoides'' (Schultze, 1896) * '' Antipathes tristis'' (Duchassaing, 1870) * '' Antipathes umbratica'' Opresko, 1996 * '' Antipathes viminalis'' Roule, 1902 * '' Antipathes virgata'' Esper, 1788 * '' Antipathes zoothallus'' Pax, 1932

References

Antipathidae Hexacorallia genera Taxa named by Peter Simon Pallas {{hexacorallia-stub