Feather black coral
Plumapathes pennacea
Classification
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Antipatharia
- Family
- Myriopathidae
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Plumapathes pennacea is a species of black coral in the order Antipatharia. It is found in the tropical Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in deep reef habitats where it forms part of a biologically diverse community. Description Black corals are so called because the main axial skeleton is made of a spiny, keratin-like substance called "antipathin" which is a dark brownish-black.
Plumapathes es un género de coral negro en el orden Antipatharia. Especies Las especies incluidas en este género son: Plumapathes fernandezi (Pourtalès, 1874) Plumapathes pennacea (Pallas, 1766) Referencias Enlaces externos Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Plumapathes. Wikispecies tiene un artículo sobre Plumapathes.
Distribution
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