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Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857

Antipathes atlantica, 60-100 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.

283882 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283882)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Antipatharia (Order)
  7. Antipathidae (Family)
  8. Antipathes (Genus)
  9. Antipathes atlantica (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 291 [details] 
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2026). World List of Antipatharia. Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283882 on 2026-10-09
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283882 on 2026-10-09
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2014-08-11 11:22:13Z
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Molodtsova, Tina

original description Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 291 [details] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., D.M. Opresko, T.S. Hopkins & W.W. Schroeder. (1993). New records of deep-water Cnidaria (Scleractinia & Antipatharia) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 13(1): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.18785/negs.1301.01
page(s): 3-5, 7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Grange, K. R. (1988). Redescription of Antipathes aperta, Totton, (Coelenterata: Antipatharia), an ecological dominant in the southern fiords of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 15, 55-61, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1988.10422609
page(s): 60 [details] 

additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80.
page(s): 78 [details] 

additional source Loiola L.L., Castro C.B. 2005. Tanacetipathes Opresko, 2001 (Cnidaria: Antipatharia: Myriopathidae) from Brazil, including two new species. Zootaxa 1081:1-31, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1081.1.1
page(s): 2 [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): 4-6, 8, 9 [details] 

additional source Lütken, C. (1871). Antipathes antarctica, en ny Sortkoral fra Polarhavet. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs forhandlinger.</em> 2: 18-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29561248
page(s): 19 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Lütken, C. (1872). Antipathes arctica, a new species of black coral (Antipathidæ) from the polar seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, X, 4, XI, (56): 77-83, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937208696650
page(s): 78 [details] 

additional source Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.
page(s): 15-17, 22, 26, 47, 66 [details] 

additional source Opresko, D. M. 2009. Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 359–363 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Opresko, D.M. 2003. Redescription of Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia). Zool. Med. Leiden 77: 481-493.
page(s): 486, 487 [details] 

additional source Opresko, D.M. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). New species of black coral (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the northern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 12(2): 93-97., available online at https://doi.org/10.18785/negs.1202.02
page(s): 96 [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): 964 [details] 

additional source Opresko, D.M., and J. A. Sánchez. 1997. A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria : Anthozoa) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Caribbean Journal of Science 33: 75-81
page(s): 79, 80 [details] 

additional source Padilla, C.; Lara, M. (2003). Banco Chinchorro: the last shelter for black coral in the Mexican Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 73(1): 197-202
page(s): 198 [details] 

additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Zea, S.; Díaz, J. M. (1998). Patterns of octocoral and black coral distribution in the oceanic barrier reef-complex of Providencia Island, southwestern Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science, 34(3-4): 250-264
page(s): 256 [details] 

additional source Warner, G. F.; Opresko, D. M. (2004). A new black coral (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from a reef wall environment in Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 74(1): 169-174.
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Warner, G.F. (1981). Species descriptions and ecological observations of black corals (Antipatharia) from Trinidad. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 31(1):147-163.
page(s): 147, 152-155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antipathes atlantica) 
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 21 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3036 Photo Slide) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3170 Photo Slide) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (69 records) 
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