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 : 36-37

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scientific name	Schizopathidae Brook, 1889
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Family Schizopathidae Brook, 1889

Diagnosis. Polyps elongated transversely; 2 mm or more in transverse diameter, with six primary and four second-

ary 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)