Antipathes

Antipathes is a genus of coral in the order Antipatharia, composed of black coral (so named for its black skeleton). Distinct features vary greatly within this genus: it contains symmetrically aligned as well as irregularly shaped corals, a range of different colors, and colonies that can be either sparsely branched or closely packed. polyps for these corals have six tentacles that are each lined with stinging cells. Unlike their reef-building cousins, these coral lack photosynthesizing algae and are not restricted to the lighter surface regions. They prefer to live in deeper waters near currents so they can catch and eat passing zooplankton.

==Species== Species included in this genus are: thumb|right|Colony of Zoantharia|zoanthid Antipathozoanthus hickmani covering an [[Antipathes galapagensis just off Pinzón Island]] Antipathes aculeata (Brook, 1889) Antipathes arborea Dana, 1846 Antipathes assimilis (Brook, 1889) Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857 Antipathes brooki (Whitelegge & Hill, 1899) Antipathes caribbeana Opresko, 1996 Antipathes catharinae (Pax, 1932) Antipathes ceylonensis (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) Antipathes chamaemorus Pax & Tischbierek, 1932 Antipathes chota Cooper, 1903 Antipathes contorta (Brook, 1889) Antipathes craticulata Opresko, 2015 Antipathes curvata van Pesch, 1914 Antipathes delicatula Schultze, 1896 Antipathes dendrochristos Opresko, 2005 Antipathes densa Silberfeld, 1909 Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766 Antipathes dofleini Pax, 1915 Antipathes dubia (Brook, 1889) Antipathes elegans (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) Antipathes erinaceus (Roule, 1905) Antipathes fragilis Gravier, 1918 Antipathes fruticosa Gray, 1857 Antipathes furcata Gray, 1857 Antipathes galapagensis Deichmann, 1941 Antipathes gallensis Thomson & Simpson, 1905 Antipathes gracilis Gray, 1860 Antipathes grandiflora Silberfeld, 1909 Antipathes grandis Verrill, 1928 Antipathes grayi Roule, 1905 Antipathes griggi Opresko, 2009 Antipathes herdmanni Cooper, 1909 Antipathes hypnoides (Brook, 1889) Antipathes indistincta (van Pesch, 1914) Antipathes irregularis (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) Antipathes irregularis Cooper, 1909 Antipathes irregularis Verrill, 1928 Antipathes lenta Pourtalès, 1871 Antipathes lentipinna Brook, 1889 Antipathes longibrachiata van Pesch, 1914 Antipathes minor (Brook, 1889) Antipathes nilanduensis Cooper, 1903 Antipathes orichalcea Pallas, 1766 Antipathes pauroclema Pax & Tischbierek, 1932 Antipathes plana Cooper, 1909 Antipathes plantagenista (Cooper, 1903) Antipathes pseudodichotoma Silberfeld, 1909 Antipathes regularis Cooper, 1903 Antipathes rhipidion Pax, 1916 Antipathes rubra Cooper, 1903 Antipathes rubusiformis Warner & Opresko, 2004 Antipathes salicoides Summers, 1910 Antipathes sarothrum Pax, 1932 Antipathes sealarki Cooper, 1909 Antipathes sibogae (van Pesch, 1914) Antipathes simplex (Schultze, 1896) Antipathes simpsoni (Summers, 1910) Antipathes speciosa (Brook, 1889) Antipathes spinulosa (Schultze, 1896) Antipathes taxiformis Duchassaing, 1870 Antipathes tenuispina (Silberfeld, 1909) Antipathes ternatensis Schultze, 1896 Antipathes thamnoides (Schultze, 1896) Antipathes tristis (Duchassaing, 1870) Antipathes umbratica Opresko, 1996 Antipathes viminalis Roule, 1902 Antipathes virgata Esper, 1788 Antipathes zoothallus Pax, 1932