Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class 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
Stylopathidae Opresko, 2006

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: antipatharians; black corals; thorny corals sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Dörnchenkorallen; Dornkorallen; Schwarze Edelkorallen; schwarze Korallen sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;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

Japanese: ツノサンゴ目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

original description	Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 326 pp.
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.
identification resource	Opresko, D.; Tracey, D.; Mackay, E. (2014). ANTIPATHARIA (BLACK CORALS) FOR THE NEW ZEALAND REGION. A field guide of commonly sampled New Zealand black corals including illustrations highlighting technical terms and black coral morphology. New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report. No. 131. 20 p.