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Family: Myriopathidae



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33 species (see list below)
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Antipathella aperta
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Antipathella fiordensis
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Antipathella strigosa
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Photo by Wirtz, Peter

Eastern Central Pacific,

Antipathella subpinnata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

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Antipathella subpinnata
[Black coral]

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Eastern Atlantic

Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857)

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Antipathella wollastoni
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Cupressopathes abies
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Cupressopathes gracilis
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Cupressopathes paniculata
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Cupressopathes pumila
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Cupressopathes simplex
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Myriopathes antrocrada
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Myriopathes bifaria
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Myriopathes catharinae
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Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan

Western Pacific

Myriopathes japonica (Brook, 1889)

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Myriopathes japonica
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Northwest Pacific

Myriopathes lata (Silberfeld, 1909)

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Myriopathes lata
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Myriopathes myriophylla
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Myriopathes panamensis
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Myriopathes rugosa
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Myriopathes spinosa
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Myriopathes stechowi
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Myriopathes ulex
[Feathery black coral]
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Plumapathes fernandezi
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Plumapathes pennacea
[Feather black coral]
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Tanacetipathes barbadensis
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Northeast Atlantic

Tanacetipathes cavernicola Opresko, 2001

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Tanacetipathes cavernicola
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Tanacetipathes hirta
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Tanacetipathes longipinnula
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Eastern Central Atlantic

Tanacetipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857)

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Tanacetipathes spinescens
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Tanacetipathes squamosa
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Tanacetipathes tanacetum
[Bottle brush black coral]
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Tanacetipathes thalassoros
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Tanacetipathes thamnea
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Portugal.

Tanacetipathes wirtzi Opresko, 2001

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Tanacetipathes wirtzi
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Antipathella aperta Southwest Pacific 1923
Antipathella fiordensis Southwest Pacific 1990
Antipathella strigosa Southwest Pacific 1889
Antipathella subpinnata Black coral Eastern Central Pacific, 1786
Antipathella wollastoni Eastern Atlantic 1857
Cupressopathes abies Indo-West Pacific. 1758
Cupressopathes gracilis Eastern Indian Ocean 1905
Cupressopathes paniculata Indo-West Pacific 1796
Cupressopathes pumila Indonesia and Pakistan. 1889
Cupressopathes simplex Indonesia and Pakistan. 2019
Myriopathes antrocrada Australia. 1999
Myriopathes bifaria Northwest Pacific 1889
Myriopathes catharinae Northwest Pacific 1932
Myriopathes japonica Western Pacific 1889
Myriopathes lata Northwest Pacific 1909
Myriopathes myriophylla Indo-West Pacific. 1766
Myriopathes panamensis Eastern Pacific. 1869
Myriopathes rugosa Eastern Indian Ocean 1905
Myriopathes spinosa Indian Ocean 1880
Myriopathes stechowi Northwest Pacific 1932
Myriopathes ulex Feathery black coral Indo-Pacific. 1786
Plumapathes fernandezi Southwest Atlantic 1874
Plumapathes pennacea Feather black coral Western Central Pacific a 1766
Tanacetipathes barbadensis Western Atlantic. 1889
Tanacetipathes cavernicola Northeast Atlantic 2001
Tanacetipathes hirta Western Central Atlantic. 1857
Tanacetipathes longipinnula Southwest Atlantic 2005
Tanacetipathes spinescens Eastern Central Atlantic 1857
Tanacetipathes squamosa Northeast Atlantic 1886
Tanacetipathes tanacetum Bottle brush black coral Western Atlantic 1880
Tanacetipathes thalassoros Southwest Atlantic 2005
Tanacetipathes thamnea Western Atlantic 1981
Tanacetipathes wirtzi Portugal. 2001



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