Antipathella 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 : 35

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4692.1.1

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Antipathella Brook, 1889
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Genus Antipathella Brook, 1889 View in CoL View at ENA

Type-species. Antipathes subpinnata Ellis & Solander, 1786 (by subsequent designation).

Diagnosis. Corallum sparsely to densely branched, with simple elongate branchlets or pinnules. Branchlets/pinnules of varying length, and arranged in one to four rows of varying regularity. Branches of corallum usually long and ascending. Branchlets/pinnules generally thin and flexible. ( Opresko, 2001 a).

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea ( Opresko, 2001 a), North Atlantic ( Opresko, 2001 a), South Atlantic, Ascension Island ( Opresko, 2014), and New Zeland ( Opresko, 2001 a).

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