Copilot
Your everyday AI companion
Bing found these results
  1. See more
    See more
    See all on Wikipedia
    See more

    Aphanipathes is a diverse genus of black corals in the family Aphanipathidae, typified by large polypar spines. However, there are some disagreement in the correct taxonomic classification of this genus. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) classifies Aphanipathes as being a genus of the … See more

    Species can be subdivided into three groups: species with nearly uniform polypar spines, species with slightly irregular polypar spines and normal hypostomal spines and species with slightly irregular … See more

    A. columbiana has been found off the coast of Colombia, with colonies off Santa Marta and Isla del Tesoro in the rocky littoral zone and coral reefs in the western Atlantic. … See more

    Overview image

    DNA sequencing on Aphanipathes pedata and Aphanipathes sarothamnoides show a close relationship Phanopathes rigida, which is in the same family Aphanipathidae. See more

    Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license
    Feedback
  2. Aphanipathes - Wikipedia

  3. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aphanipathes …

  4. People also ask
    Jeremy Horowitz, NMNH In a paper published this week in the journal ZooKeys, Horowitz and his colleagues at the museum and the University of Puerto Rico described Aphanipathes puertoricoensis, a new species of black coral that sports branching features found in multiple coral groups that diverged roughly 100 million years ago.
    Among the genera that are shared between different regions, the majority of aphanipathids ( Aphanipathes, Distichopathes, Elatopathes, and Phanopathes) are found in mesophotic waters. The one exception is the genus Rhipidipathes, which typically occurs in shallower waters.
    Aphanipathes verticillata mauiensis (Opresko et al. 2012) is the only species that, so far, can be considered exclusively mesophotic, as it has only been recorded from a narrow depth range (88–130 m).
    Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative Policies and ethics About 63% of the known antipatharian genera occur at mesophotic depths (30–150 m), with the majority extending into the deep sea. Along the continental shelf and offshore sites, antipatharians tend to increase in diversity and abundance with depth,...
  5. Smithsonian Expedition Yields a New Species of Deep-Sea Coral

  6. Description of a new species of black coral in the family ...

  7. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aphanipathes flailum ...

  8. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part IV.

  9. 3348: 24 39 (2012) www.mapress.comzootaxa Article - ResearchGate

  10. Discovery of Aphanipathes verticillata (Cnidaria: …

    WEBJun 15, 2012 · Aphanipathes verticilla ta is the only species in which the sp ines are arranged in verticils, although on some branches in some colonies the verticillate arrangement may not be very distinct.