Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Antipatharia > Family Antipathidae > Genus Antipathes

Antipathes fragilis Gravier, 1918

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Antipathes*	Pallas, 1766	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Antipathes flexibilis*	Gravier, 1919	synonym
*Antipathes gracilis*	Koch, 1889	synonym

Literature

original description	Gravier, C. (1918). Note sur les antipathaires du Golfe de Naples. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, 2(13): 223-239
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Opresko, D.M. (2001). Antipatharia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109
additional source	Opresko, D.M. (1972). Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L.D. de Pourtalès. Bull. Mar. Sci.. 22(4):950-1017.
additional source	Reyss, D. (1973). Les canyons sous-marins de la mer Catalane, le Rech du Cap et le Rech Lacaze-Duthiers. IV. Etude synécologique des peuplements de macrofaune benthique. Vie et Milieu. 23(1B): 101-142.
additional source	Bo, M.; Tazioli, S.; Spanò, N.; Bavestrello, G. (2008). Antipathella subpinnata (Antipatharia, Myriopathidae) in Italian seas. Italian Journal of Zoology, 75(2): 185-195
additional source	Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.

Genbank

Citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Antipathes fragilis Gravier, 1918. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103311