Antipathes dendrochristos

Antipathes dendrochristos, commonly known as Christmas tree coral, is a species of colonial coral in the order Antipatharia,[1] the black corals, so named because their calcareous skeletons are black.

Antipathes dendrochristos
Growing off the coast of California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Antipatharia
Family: Antipathidae
Genus: Antipathes
Species:
A. dendrochristos
Binomial name
Antipathes dendrochristos
Opresko, 2005


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