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Stichopathes sp., 80 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. At this time, this species cannot be assigned to any nominal species; however, not all nominal species in this genus have been adequately characterized. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.
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Stichopathes sp., 626 m West Florida Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-Pelagic Research Services. Identification by D. Wagner.
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Antipathes furcata, 50-135 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.
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Antipathes falkorae sp. nov. Holotype, MTQ G80067: image of colony showing branching pattern. Source: Figure 4B in Horowitz, J.; Opresko, D.; Molodtsova, T. N.; Molodtsova, T. N.; Beaman, R. J.; Cowman, P. F.; Bridge, T. C. (2022). Five new species of black coral (Anthozoa; Antipatharia) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Australia. Zootaxa. 5213(1): 1-35., available online at (https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5213.1.1)
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Antipathes atlantica, 60-100 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.
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Stichopathes pourtalesi, 75-110 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.
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Stichopathes poutalesi, 300 m Bermuda. Photograph courtesy of A. Rogers and XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey. Identifications by D. Wagner. For more information see: Wagner D & Shuler A (2017). The black coral fauna (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of Bermuda with new records. Zootaxa 4344(2): 367-379.