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Aphanipathidae (Black coral)

Wikipedia Abstract

Aphanipathidae is a family of corals in the order Antipatharia. Species in this family have short, blunt polyp tentacles that tend to be uniform. Spines range from conical to cylindrical and usually have conical tubercles. Unlike Antipathidae, species in this family are not notched or branched at the end.
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Genus

Acanthopathes (5)
Acanthosaropathes (1)
Anozopathes (2)
Aphanipathes (6)
Aphanostichopathes (4)
Asteriopathes (3)
Distichopathes (3)
Elatopathes (1)
Phanopathes (6)
Pteridopathes (2)
Rhipidipathes (2)
Tetrapathes (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0