Acanthopathes Opresko, 2004

Lima, Manuela M., Cordeiro, Ralf T. S. & Perez, Carlos D., 2019, Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic, Zootaxa 4692 (1), pp. 1-67 : 14

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scientific name	Acanthopathes Opresko, 2004
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Genus Acanthopathes Opresko, 2004 View in CoL View at ENA

Type-species. Antipathes humilis Pourtalès, 1867 (by original designation).

Diagnosis. “Corallum flabellate or tending to be planar; branchlets short, straight or curved distally; arranged uniserially or bilaterally; polypar spines acute, smooth or slightly tuberculate; circumpolypar spines distinctly larger than interpolypar spines; hypostomal spines very reduced or absent” ( Opresko, 2004).

Distribution. Indian Ocean, western Atlantic, IndoPacific and Hawaii ( Opresko, 2004).

References

Opresko, D. M. (2004) Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part IV. Establishment of a new family, Aphanipathidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, 78, 209 - 240.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Cnidaria
Class	Anthozoa
Order	Antipatharia
Family	Aphanipathidae
SubFamily	Acanthopathinae

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