Antipathes
Antipathes is a genus of coral in the order Antipatharia, composed of black coral. Distinct features vary greatly within this genus: it contains symmetrically aligned as well as irregularly shaped corals, a range of different colors, and colonies that can be either sparsely branched or closely packed. polyps for these corals have six tentacles that are each lined with stinging cells. Unlike their reef-building cousins, these coral lack photosynthesizing algae and are not restricted to the lighter surface regions. They prefer to live in deeper waters near currents so they can catch and eat passing zooplankton.
Species included in this genus are:Antipathes aculeata Antipathes arborea Dana, 1846Antipathes assimilis Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857Antipathes brooki Antipathes caribbeana Opresko, 1996Antipathes catharinae Antipathes ceylonensis Antipathes chamaemorus Pax & Tischbierek, 1932Antipathes chota Cooper, 1903Antipathes contorta Antipathes craticulata Opresko, 2015Antipathes curvata van Pesch, 1914Antipathes delicatula Schultze, 1896Antipathes dendrochristos Opresko, 2005Antipathes densa Silberfeld, 1909Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766Antipathes dofleini Pax, 1915Antipathes dubia Antipathes elegans Antipathes erinaceus Antipathes fragilis Gravier, 1918Antipathes fruticosa Gray, 1857Antipathes furcata Gray, 1857Antipathes galapagensis Deichmann, 1941Antipathes gallensis Thomson & Simpson, 1905Antipathes gracilis Gray, 1860Antipathes grandiflora Silberfeld, 1909Antipathes grandis Verrill, 1928Antipathes grayi Roule, 1905Antipathes griggi Opresko, 2009Antipathes herdmanni Cooper, 1909Antipathes hypnoides Antipathes indistincta Antipathes irregularis Antipathes irregularis Cooper, 1909Antipathes irregularis Verrill, 1928Antipathes lenta Pourtalès, 1871Antipathes lentipinna Brook, 1889Antipathes longibrachiata van Pesch, 1914Antipathes minor Antipathes nilanduensis Cooper, 1903Antipathes orichalcea Pallas, 1766Antipathes pauroclema Pax & Tischbierek, 1932Antipathes plana Cooper, 1909Antipathes plantagenista Antipathes pseudodichotoma Silberfeld, 1909Antipathes regularis Cooper, 1903Antipathes rhipidion Pax, 1916Antipathes rubra Cooper, 1903Antipathes rubusiformis Warner & Opresko, 2004Antipathes salicoides Summers, 1910Antipathes sarothrum Pax, 1932Antipathes sealarki Cooper, 1909Antipathes sibogae Antipathes simplex Antipathes simpsoni Antipathes speciosa Antipathes spinulosa Antipathes taxiformis Duchassaing, 1870Antipathes tenuispina Antipathes ternatensis Schultze, 1896Antipathes thamnoides Antipathes tristis Antipathes umbratica Opresko, 1996Antipathes viminalis Roule, 1902Antipathes virgata Esper, 1788Antipathes zoothallus Pax, 1932