Genus Antipathella Brook, 1889

Type-species. Antipathes subpinnata Ellis & Solander, 1786 (by subsequent designation).

Diagnosis. Corallum sparsely to densely branched, with simple elongate branchlets or pinnules. Branchlets/pinnules of varying length, and arranged in one to four rows of varying regularity. Branches of corallum usually long and ascending. Branchlets/pinnules generally thin and flexible. (Opresko, 2001 a).

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea (Opresko, 2001 a), North Atlantic (Opresko, 2001 a), South Atlantic, Ascension Island (Opresko, 2014), and New Zeland (Opresko, 2001 a).