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Black Corals, Order Antipatharia

by Bob Fenner

Antipathes, FJ

Order Antipatharia: Black Corals, Thorny Corals

Antipathes sp. Bushy Black Coral. Finely branched to the point of bushiness. Colored gold to brownish. Circumtropical genus. N. Sulawesi pix. 

Antipathes dichotoma.  Black Coral. The largest black coral tree species in the Red SeaUsed for its hard proteinaceous endoskeleton in the jewelry trade. Close up by Diana Fenner.

Cirripathes anguina, Whip Coral, Red Sea. Often twisted on its singular axis. Red Sea pix by Diana Fenner.

Cirripathes (Stichopathes) leutkeni, Wire Coral. Tropical West Atlantic. Up to fourteen feet in length. Cozumel image.

Cirripathes sp. Yellow Whip Coral, Bunaken, N. Sulawesi,

Cirripathes sp. Nuka Hiva, Marquesas, Polynesia.

 

 


 

 

 

 

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