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Antipathes atlantica

Antipathes atlantica

Atlantic black coral(+2)·Gray, 1857

GBIF:155453140

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(12)

Western Central Atlantic
West Indies
Bermuda
Gulf of Mexico
Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea(CO)
Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone(JM)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian Exclusive Economic Zone(TT)
United States Exclusive Economic Zone(US)
United States Exclusive Economic Zone(US)
United States Exclusive Economic Zone(US)
United States Exclusive Economic Zone(US)
United States Exclusive Economic Zone(US)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages.

engAtlantic black coralengdeuAtlantische Schwarze Koralledeuenggrey sea fan black coraleng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages.

engAtlantic black coral
eng
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
deuAtlantische Schwarze Koralle
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
enggrey sea fan black coral
eng
Source: Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai & D.M. Opresko. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. 2nd ed. <em>American Fisheries Society Special Publication, Bethesda, Maryland.</em> 28:1-115.

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 21 proteins)

NCBI:txid639589

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CITATIONS

References(19)

  • 1

    Cairns, S.D., D.M. Opresko, T.S. Hopkins & W.W. Schroeder. (1993). New records of deep-water Cnidaria (Scleractinia & Antipatharia) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 13(1): 1-11.

    additional source
  • 2

    D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

    basis of record
  • 3

    Grange, K. R. (1988). Redescription of Antipathes aperta, Totton, (Coelenterata: Antipatharia), an ecological dominant in the southern fiords of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 15, 55-61

    additional source
  • 4

    Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (1): 278-294.

    original description
  • 5

    Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155453140
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2258266
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283882
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026