Antipathes Pallas, 1766
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Genus Antipathes Pallas, 1766 View in CoL
The genus Antipathes is the first to have been established ( Pallas 1766). It is characterized by colonies that are branched, bramble-like, bushy or fan-shaped ( Opresko 1972, 1974). The branches are not pinnulate and the polyps occur in a single row on smaller branches. The spines can be smooth or papillose, simple or forked, multilobed or knobbed at the apex. There are currently about 70 nominal species ( Opresko 2019), 36 from the Pacific and Indian Oceans, out of which 13 have their type species lost. New species are still being described, which is why it is difficult to determine the exact number of species belonging in the genus Antipathes .
Opresko, D. M. (1972) Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L. F. de Pourtales. Bulletin of Marine Science, 22, 950 - 1017.
Opresko, D. M. (1974) A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) with redescriptions of eleven species. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Miami, Miami, 193 pp.
Opresko, D. M. (2019) New species of black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the New Zealand region, part 2. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 47 (3), 149 - 186. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03014223.2019.1650783
Pallas, P. S. (1766) Elenchus Zoophytorum Sistens Generum Adumbrationes Generaliores et Specierum Cognitarum Succinctas Descriptiones Cum Selectis Auctorum Synonymis. Hagae-Comitum, Frankfurt, 451 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6595
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