Schizopathidae Brook, 1889

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 : 36

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scientific name	Schizopathidae Brook, 1889
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Family Schizopathidae Brook, 1889 View in CoL View at ENA

Diagnosis. Polyps elongated transversely; 2 mm or more in transverse diameter, with six primary and four secondary mesenteries. Corallum monopodial or branched; stem and branches pinnulate. Pinnules simple or complexly subpinnulate. Spines triangular to conical, often laterally compressed; smooth, simple or rarely with multiple bifurcations at the apex, subequal in size around circumference of axis or larger on one side. ( Opresko, 2005)

References

Brook, G. (1889) Report on the Antipatharia collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Zoology, 32, 1.

Opresko, D. M. (2005) A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the southern California Bight. Zootaxa, 852 (1), 1 - 10. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 852.1.1