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132 Species in Family Antipathidae
Nominal species list for Antipathidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Allopathes denhartogi Opresko, 2003
Allopathes desbonni (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Allopathes robillardi (Bell, 1891)
Antipathes alopecuroides Ellis & Solander, 1786
Antipathes arborea Dana, 1846
Antipathes assimilis (Brook, 1889)
Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857 Grey sea fan black coral
Antipathes barbadensis Brook, 1889 Scraggly bottle brush black coral
Antipathes boscii Lamouroux, 1816
Antipathes brookii (Whitelegge, 1899)
Antipathes caribbeana Opresko, 1996 Kings coral
Antipathes ceylonensis (Thomson & Simpson, 1905)
Antipathes chamaemorus Pax & Tischbierek, 1932
Antipathes chota Cooper, 1903
Antipathes coronata Opresko, 2019
Antipathes curvata van Pesch, 1914
Antipathes cylindrica Brook, 1889
Antipathes delicatula Schultze, 1896
Antipathes dendrochristos Opresko, 2005
Antipathes densa Silberfeld, 1909
Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766 Split-pore black coral
Antipathes dicrocrada Opresko, 2019
Antipathes dissecta Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864
Antipathes dubia (Brook, 1889)
Antipathes elegans (Thomson & Simpson, 1905)
Antipathes erinaceus (Roule, 1905) Bristly black coral
Antipathes flabellum Pallas, 1766
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 Orange sea fan black coral
Antipathes grandiflora Silberfeld, 1909
Antipathes grandis Verrill, 1928 Pine coral
Antipathes grayi (Roule, 1902)
Antipathes griggi Opresko, 2009
Antipathes herdmanni Cooper, 1909
Antipathes hirta Gray, 1857 Bottle brush bush black coral
Antipathes hypnoides (Brook, 1889)
Antipathes indistincta van Pesch, 1914
Antipathes intermedia (Brook, 1889) Small feathery black coral
Antipathes irregularis (Thomson & Simpson, 1905)
Antipathes lenta Pourtalès, 1871 Hair net black coral
Antipathes lentipinna Brook, 1889
Antipathes longibrachiata van Pesch, 1914
Antipathes mediterranea Brook, 1889
Antipathes minor (Brook, 1889)
Antipathes nilanduensis Cooper, 1903
Antipathes pauroclema Pax & Tischbierek, 1932
Antipathes plana Cooper, 1909
Antipathes plantagenista (Cooper, 1903)
Antipathes polyhedra Opresko, 2019
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 sylospongia Oresko & Wagner, 2020
Antipathes ternatensis Schultze, 1896
Antipathes thamnoides (Schultze, 1896)
Antipathes tristis (Duchassaing, 1870)
Antipathes umbratica Opresko, 1996
Antipathes valdiviae Pax, 1915
Antipathes viminalis Roule, 1902
Antipathes virgata Esper, 1788 Twiggy black coral
Antipathes zoothallus Pax, 1932
Arachnopathes aculeata Brook, 1889
Arachnopathes clathrata (Pallas, 1766)
Arachnopathes ericoides (Pallas, 1766)
Blastopathes medusa Horowitz, Brugler, Bridge & Cowman, 2020
Cirrhipathes anguina (Dana, 1846) Wire coral
Cirrhipathes contorta van Pesch, 1910
Cirrhipathes densiflora Silberfeld, 1909
Cirrhipathes diversa Brook, 1889
Cirrhipathes flagellum Brook, 1889
Cirrhipathes gardineri Cooper, 1903
Cirrhipathes hainanensis Zou & Zhou, 1982
Cirrhipathes indica Summers, 1910
Cirrhipathes musculosa van Pesch, 1910
Cirrhipathes nana van Pesch, 1910
Cirrhipathes propinqua Brook, 1889
Cirrhipathes rumphii van Pesch, 1910
Cirrhipathes secchini Echeverria, 2002
Cirrhipathes sieboldi Blainville, 1834
Cirrhipathes sinensis Zou & Zhou, 1984
Cirrhipathes spiralis (Linnaeus, 1758) Spiral coral
Cirrhipathes translucens van Pesch, 1910
Hillopathes ramosa (van Pesch, 1910)
Pseudocirrhipathes mapia Bo et al., 2009
Pteropathes fragilis Brook, 1889
Stichopathes abyssicola Roule, 1902
Stichopathes aggregata (van Pesch, 1914)
Stichopathes alcocki Cooper, 1909
Stichopathes bispinosa Summers, 1910
Stichopathes bournei Cooper, 1909
Stichopathes ceylonensis Thomson & Simpson, 1905
Stichopathes contorta Thomson & Simpson, 1905
Stichopathes dissimilis Roule, 1902 Divergent black coral
Stichopathes echinulata Brook, 1889
Stichopathes eustropha Pax, 1931
Stichopathes filiformis (Gray, 1868)
Stichopathes flagellum Roule, 1902 Whip black coral
Stichopathes gracilis (Gray, 1857)
Stichopathes indica Schultze, 1903
Stichopathes japonica Silberfeld, 1909
Stichopathes longispina Cooper, 1909
Stichopathes luetkeni Brook, 1889 Black wire coral
Stichopathes maldivensis Cooper, 1903
Stichopathes occidentalis Gray, 1860
Stichopathes papillosa Thomson & Simpson, 1905
Stichopathes paucispina (Brook, 1889)
Stichopathes pourtalesi Brook, 1889
Stichopathes regularis Cooper, 1909
Stichopathes richardi Roule, 1902 Richard's black coral
Stichopathes robusta Gravier, 1918
Stichopathes saccula (van Pesch, 1914)
Stichopathes semiglabra van Pesch, 1914
Stichopathes setacea (Gray, 1860)
Stichopathes seychellensis Cooper, 1909
Stichopathes solorensis van Pesch, 1914
Stichopathes spiessi Opresko & Genin, 1990
Stichopathes spinosa Silberfeld, 1909
Stichopathes variabilis van Pesch, 1914
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