WoRMS taxon details

Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857

Antipathes atlantica, 60-100 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico.

Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.

283882  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283882)

accepted
Species
Antipathella atlantica (Gray, 1857) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, terrestrial
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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 291 [details] 
Type locality contained in West Indies  
type locality contained in West Indies [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2024). World List of Antipatharia. Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283882 on 2024-11-21
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original description 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 291 [details] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Opresko, D. M. 2009. Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 359–363 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source 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.
page(s): 78 [details] 

additional source Warner, G.F. (1981). Species descriptions and ecological observations of black corals (Antipatharia) from Trinidad. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 31(1):147-163.
page(s): 147, 152-155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Opresko, D.M. 2003. Redescription of Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia). Zool. Med. Leiden 77: 481-493.
page(s): 486, 487 [details] 

additional source Opresko, D.M., and J. A. Sánchez. 1997. A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria : Anthozoa) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Caribbean Journal of Science 33: 75-81
page(s): 79, 80 [details] 

additional source Opresko, D.M. (1972). Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L.D. de Pourtalès. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci.</i>. 22(4):950-1017.
page(s): 964 [details] 

additional source Loiola L.L., Castro C.B. 2005. Tanacetipathes Opresko, 2001 (Cnidaria: Antipatharia: Myriopathidae) from Brazil, including two new species. Zootaxa 1081:1-31
page(s): 2 [details] 

additional source Warner, G. F.; Opresko, D. M. (2004). A new black coral (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from a reef wall environment in Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 74(1): 169-174.
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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.
page(s): 15-17, 22, 26, 47, 66 [details] 

additional source Lütken, C. (1871). Antipathes antarctica, en ny Sortkoral fra Polarhavet. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs forhandlinger.</em> 2: 18-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29561248
page(s): 19 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Lütken, C. (1872). Antipathes arctica, a new species of black coral (Antipathidæ) from the polar seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, X, 4, XI, (56): 77-83
page(s): 78 [details] 

additional source Loiola, L. L.; Castro, C. B. (2001). Three new records of Antipatharia (Cnidaria) from Brazil, including the first record of a Schizopathidae. Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), (455): 1-10
page(s): 4-6, 8, 9 [details] 

additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Zea, S.; Díaz, J. M. (1998). Patterns of octocoral and black coral distribution in the oceanic barrier reef-complex of Providencia Island, southwestern Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science, 34(3-4): 250-264
page(s): 256 [details] 

additional source Opresko, D.M. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). New species of black coral (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the northern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 12(2): 93-97.
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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
page(s): 60 [details] 

additional source 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.
page(s): 3-5, 7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Padilla, C.; Lara, M. (2003). Banco Chinchorro: the last shelter for black coral in the Mexican Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 73(1): 197-202
page(s): 198 [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype USNM 53459, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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LanguageName 
English grey sea fan black coralAtlantic black coral  [details]
German Atlantische Schwarze Koralle  [details]