Cladopathes Brook, 1889

Lima, Manuela M., Cordeiro, Ralf T. S. & Perez, Carlos D., 2019, Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic, Zootaxa 4692 (1), pp. 1-67 : 15

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Genus Cladopathes Brook, 1889 View in CoL View at ENA

Type-species. Cladopathes plumosa Brook, 1889 View in CoL (by original designation).

Diagnosis. “Primary pinnules arranged irregularly in rows; sometimes appearing in clusters of three (rarely two or four). Subpinnules occurring mostly on anterior primary pinnules (sometimes also on lateral/posterolateral ones) and not regularly arranged. Tertiary pinnules present” ( Opresko, 2003).

Distribution. Only reported from the southern hemisphere (Indian Ocean, South Atlantic and Australia) ( Opresko, 2003).