Black coral
Antipathes dichotoma
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Antipatharia
- Family
- Antipathidae
- Genus
- Antipathes
Where to Find
Found in 8 diving areas across 7 countries and 3 regions.
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 2 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 2 records