Antipathes Pallas, 1766
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8395982 |
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Genus Antipathes Pallas, 1766 View in CoL View at ENA
Type-species. Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766 View in CoL (by subsequent designation: Brook, 1889).
Diagnosis. Corallum sparsely to densely branched; bushy or flabellate, rarely monopodial. Branches variable in length, irregularly disposed or bilaterally, but never pinnulated. Spines usually triangular to conical in side view, smooth or papillose; frequently laterally compressed; apex multilobate or bifurcated. Polyps 1 to 3 mm in diameter, sometimes elongate in saggital axis in relation to the transverse axis (adapted from Opresko, 2005 and Brugler et al., 2013).
Distribution. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans ( Opresko, 2003; Opresko, 2005; Opresko & Sanchez, 2005).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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