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Kings coral

Antipathes caribbeana

Classification

Antipathes caribbeana, commonly known as kings coral, is a species of black coral in the family Antipathidae, native to the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It is a tree-like coral that forms large bushy colonies typically found on deep reef slopes. The species was first described in 1996 by the American marine biologist Dennis Opresko.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 3Cuba · 1