Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Hexacorallia

Antipatharia

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Antipathidae Ehrenberg, 1834
Aphanipathidae Opresko, 2004
Cladopathidae Kinoshita, 1910
Leiopathidae Haeckel, 1896
Myriopathidae Opresko, 2001
Schizopathidae Brook, 1889

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zwarte koralen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: black corals; thorny corals

English-United States: black corals; thorny corals sources: english PESI focal point

German: schwarze Korallen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Αντιπαθάρια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: antipatari sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: juodieji koralai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: svartkoraller sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kolcznik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: черные кораллы sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: siyah mercanlar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Антипатарії; Антіпатарії

Literature

basis of record	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa (1668): 127-182

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Antipatharia. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22549