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Antipathes Pallas, 1766

Antipathes sp.
Antipathes sp.

103302  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103302)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Antipatharia (Order)
  7. Antipathidae (Family)
  8. Antipathes (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Antipathes (Euantipathes) van Pesch, 1914 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Antipathes aculeata (Brook, 1889)
  2. Species Antipathes arborea Dana, 1846
  3. Species Antipathes assimilis (Brook, 1889)
  4. Species Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857
  5. Species Antipathes brookii (Whitelegge, 1899)
  6. Species Antipathes caribbeana Opresko, 1996
  7. Species Antipathes ceylonensis (Thomson & Simpson, 1905)
  8. Species Antipathes chamaemorus Pax & Tischbierek, 1932
  9. Species Antipathes chota Cooper, 1903
  10. Species Antipathes clathrata Pallas, 1766
  11. Species Antipathes coronata Opresko, 2019
  12. Species Antipathes craticulata Opresko, 2015
  13. Species Antipathes curvata van Pesch, 1914
  14. Species Antipathes delicatula Schultze, 1896
  15. Species Antipathes dendrochristos Opresko, 2005
  16. Species Antipathes densa Silberfeld, 1909
  17. Species Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766
  18. Species Antipathes dicrocrada Opresko, 2019
  19. Species Antipathes dubia (Brook, 1889)
  20. Species Antipathes elegans (Thomson & Simpson, 1905)
  21. Species Antipathes falkorae Horowitz, 2022
  22. Species Antipathes fragilis Gravier, 1918
  23. Species Antipathes fruticosa Gray, 1857
  24. Species Antipathes furcata Gray, 1857
  25. Species Antipathes galapagensis Deichmann, 1941
  26. Species Antipathes gallensis Thomson & Simpson, 1905
  27. Species Antipathes gracilis Gray, 1860
  28. Species Antipathes grandiflora Silberfeld, 1909
  29. Species Antipathes grandis Verrill, 1928
  30. Species Antipathes grayi (Roule, 1902)
  31. Species Antipathes griggi Opresko, 2009
  32. Species Antipathes hypnoides (Brook, 1889)
  33. Species Antipathes indistincta van Pesch, 1914
  34. Species Antipathes irregularis (Thomson & Simpson, 1905)
  35. Species Antipathes irregularis Cooper, 1909 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  36. Species Antipathes lenta Pourtalès, 1871
  37. Species Antipathes lentipinna Brook, 1889
  38. Species Antipathes leptocrada Opresko, 2015
  39. Species Antipathes longibrachiata van Pesch, 1914
  40. Species Antipathes minor (Brook, 1889)
  41. Species Antipathes morrisi Horowitz, 2022
  42. Species Antipathes nilanduensis Cooper, 1903
  43. Species Antipathes pauroclema Pax & Tischbierek, 1932
  44. Species Antipathes plana Cooper, 1909
  45. Species Antipathes plantagenista (Cooper, 1903)
  46. Species Antipathes polyhedra Opresko, 2019
  47. Species Antipathes pseudodichotoma Silberfeld, 1909
  48. Species Antipathes regularis Cooper, 1903
  49. Species Antipathes rhipidion Pax, 1916
  50. Species Antipathes rubra Cooper, 1903
  51. Species Antipathes rubusiformis Warner & Opresko, 2004
  52. Species Antipathes salicoides Summers, 1910
  53. Species Antipathes sarothrum Pax, 1932
  54. Species Antipathes sealarki Cooper, 1909
  55. Species Antipathes sibogae van Pesch, 1914
  56. Species Antipathes simplex (Schultze, 1896)
  57. Species Antipathes speciosa (Brook, 1889)
  58. Species Antipathes spinulosa (Schultze, 1896)
  59. Species Antipathes sylospongia Opresko & Wagner, 2020
  60. Species Antipathes taxiformis Duchassaing, 1870
  61. Species Antipathes ternatensis Schultze, 1896
  62. Species Antipathes thamnoides (Schultze, 1896)
  63. Species Antipathes tristis (Duchassaing, 1870)
  64. Species Antipathes umbratica Opresko, 1996
  65. Species Antipathes viminalis Roule, 1902
  66. Species Antipathes virgata Esper, 1798
  67. Species Antipathes zoothallus Pax, 1932
  68. Subgenus Antipathes (Cirrhipathes) (uncertain > unassessed)
  69. Subgenus Antipathes (Euantipathes) (uncertain > unassessed)
  70. Subgenus Antipathes (Rhipidipathes) (uncertain > unassessed)
    1. Species Antipathes alopecuroides Ellis & Solander, 1786 (uncertain > unassessed)
    2. Species Antipathes boscii Lamouroux, 1816 (uncertain > unassessed)
    3. Species Antipathes compressa Esper, 1797 (uncertain > unassessed)
    4. Species Antipathes corticata Lamarck, 1815 (uncertain > unassessed)
    5. Species Antipathes corticula Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > unassessed, misspelling)
    6. Species Antipathes dissecta Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > unassessed)
    7. Species Antipathes eupteridea Lamouroux, 1824 (uncertain > unassessed)
    8. Species Antipathes foeniculum Pallas, 1766 (uncertain > unassessed)
    9. Species Antipathes herdmanni Cooper, 1909 (uncertain > unassessed)
    10. Species Antipathes lacera Lamarck, 1815 (uncertain > unassessed)
    11. Species Antipathes lacerata Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > unassessed)
    12. Species Antipathes mimosella Lamarck, 1815 (uncertain > unassessed)
    13. Species Antipathes orichalcea Pallas, 1766 (uncertain > unassessed)
    14. Species Antipathes pectinata Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > unassessed)
    15. Species Antipathes pinnatifida Lamouroux, 1816 (uncertain > unassessed)
    16. Species Antipathes radians Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > unassessed)
    17. Species Antipathes scoparia Lamarck, 1818 (uncertain > unassessed)
    18. Species Antipathes triquetra Bruguière, 1792 (uncertain > unassessed)
    19. Subgenus Antipathes (Euantipathes) van Pesch, 1914 accepted as Antipathes Pallas, 1766 (subjective synonym)
      1. Species Antipathes (Euantipathes) longibrachiata van Pesch, 1914 accepted as Antipathes longibrachiata van Pesch, 1914 (superseded combination)
    20. Species Antipathes contorta (Brook, 1889) accepted as Tylopathes contorta (Brook, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    21. Species Antipathes erinaceus (Roule, 1905) accepted as Phanopathes erinaceus (Roule, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    22. Species Antipathes tenuispina (Silberfeld, 1909) accepted as Stylopathes tenuispina (Silberfeld, 1909)
    23. Species Antipathes simpsoni (Summers, 1910) represented as Pteropathes simpsoni Summers, 1910
    marine, terrestrial
    Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 [details] OpenAccess publication
    Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Antipathes Pallas, 1766. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103302 on 2026-05-11
    Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Antipathes Pallas, 1766. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103302 on 2026-05-11
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    2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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    van der Land, Jacob
    2005-04-07 07:57:24Z
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    Cuvelier, Daphne
    2025-04-09 09:08:18Z
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    Hoeksema, Bert

    original description Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 [details] OpenAccess publication

    basis of record van der Land, J.; Opresko, D.M. (2001). Antipatharia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

    additional source Britton, J.C. & B. Morton, 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico : i-viii, 1-387.
    page(s): 320, 345 [details] 

    additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00084.x
    page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

    additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

    additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

    additional source van Pesch, A. J. 1914. The Antipatharia of the Siboga Expedition.Siboga-Expeditie Monographes. 17: 1-258, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/t.173163
    page(s): 7, 69, 75 [details] 

    additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

    additional source Opresko, D.M. (1972). Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L.D. de Pourtalès. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci.</i>. 22(4):950-1017.
    page(s): 959-961 [details] 

    additional source Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602
    page(s): 133 [details] 

    additional source Fenner, D. P. (2005). Corals of Hawai'i. A Field Guide to the Hard, Black, and Soft Corals of Hawai'i and the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Including Midway. <em>Mutual Publishing, Ltd., Honolulu.</em> 144 pp.
    page(s): 29, 99, 125 [details] 

    additional source Fautin, D. G.; Kozloff, E. N.; Siebert, A. E. (1987). Phylum Cnidaria - Class Anthozoa. University of Washington Press. Seattle and London., pp. 68-78
    page(s): 71 [details] 

    additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.16-930.119
    page(s): 120-121 [details] OpenAccess publication

    additional source Paulay, G.; Puglisi, M. P.; Starmer, J. A. (2003). The non-scleractinian Anthozoa (Cnidaria) of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35-36, 138-155
    page(s): 149 [details] 

    additional source Grasshoff, M. (1981). Die Gorgonaria, Pennatularia und Antipatharia des Tiefwassers der Biskaya (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Ergebnisse der französischen Expeditionen Biogas, Polygas, Geomanche, Incal, Noratlante und Fahrten der "Thalassa" II. Taxonomischer Teil. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 3, zoologie, section A, (4): 941-978, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.304617
    page(s): 963 [details] 

    additional source Pax, F.; Van-Praët, M.; Doumenc, D. A. (1987). Ordre des Antipathaires. volume 3, pp. 189-210
    page(s): 196 [details] 

    additional source Grasshoff, M. (1981). Die Gorgonaria, Pennatularia und Antipatharia des Tiefwassers der Biskaya (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Ergebnisse der französischen Expeditionen Biogas, Polygas, Geomanche, Incal, Noratlante und Fahrten der "Thalassa" II. Allgemeiner Teil. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 3, zoologie, section A, (3): 731-766, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.285848
    page(s): 742, 761 [details] 

    additional source Echeverría, C. A.; Castro, C. B. (1995). Antipathes (Cnidaria, Antipatharia) From Southeastern Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), (364): 1-7
    page(s): 3, 4 [details] 

    additional source Loiola, L. L.; Castro, C. B. (2001). Three new records of Antipatharia (Cnidaria) from Brazil, including the first record of a Schizopathidae. Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), (455): 1-10
    page(s): 1 [details] 

    additional source Grigg, R. W.; Opresko, D. M. (1977). Order Antipatharia: black corals. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, 64(1): 242-261
    page(s): 244, 251, 253 [details] 

    additional source Grasshoff, M. (1985). Die Gorgonaria, Pennatularia und Antipatharia. L. Laubier and Cl. Monniot (eds.). IFREMER, chapter 17, pp. 299-307
    page(s): 303 [details] 

    additional source Studer T. (1879). Übersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der könglich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878, 632-688.
    page(s): 681 [details] 

    additional source Reed, J. K.; Pomponi, S. A.; Weaver, D. C.; Paull, C. K.; Wright, A. E. (2005). Deep-water sinkholes and bioherms of south Florida and the Pourtalès Terrace - habitat and fauna. Bulletin of Marine Science, 77(2): 267-296
    page(s): 276 [details] 

    additional source Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63.
    page(s): 8 [details] 

    additional source Belcik, F. P. (1977). A distribution study of the Octocorallia of Oregon. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 24(1-3): 49-52, available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175960
    page(s): 52 [details] 

    additional source Reed, J. K.; Weaver, D. C.; Pomponi, S. A. (2006). Habitat and fauna of deep-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs off the southeastern U.S.: Blake Plateau, Straits of Florida, and Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 78, 2, 343-375
    page(s): 361, 362, 367 [details] 

    additional source Okey, T. A.; Banks, S.; Born, A. F.; Bustamante, R. H.; Calvopiña, M.; Edgar, G. J.; Espinoza, E.; Fariña, J. M.; Garske, L. E.; Reck, G. K.; Salazar, S.; Shepherd, S. A.; Toral-Granda, V.; Wallem, P. (2004). A trophic model of a Galápagos subtidal rocky reef for evaluating fisheries and conservation strategies. Ecological Modelling, 172, 383-401, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.09.019
    page(s): 386 [details] 

    additional source Wagner, D.; Papastamatiou, Y. P.; Kosaki, R. K.; Gleason, K. A.; McFall, G. B.; Boland, R. C.; Pyle, R. L.; Toonen, R. J. (2011). New records of commercially valuable black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the northwestern Hawaiian Islands at mesophotic depths. Pacific Science, 65(2): 249-255, available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/65.2.249
    page(s): 251 [details] 
    		 
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