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Antipathes dendrochristos

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Species of coral

Antipathes dendrochristos
Growing off the coast of California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Antipatharia
Family: Antipathidae
Genus: Antipathes
Species: A. dendrochristos
Binomial name
Antipathes dendrochristos
Opresko, 2005

Antipathes dendrochristos, commonly known as Christmas tree coral, is a species of colonial coral in the order Antipatharia, the black corals, so named because their calcareous skeletons are black.


References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Antipathes dendrochristos Opresko, 2005". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
Taxon identifiers
Antipathes dendrochristos


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