Antipatharia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Classis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Antipatharia
Familiae: Ameripathidae – Antipathidae – Aphanipathidae – Cladopathidae – Leiopathidae – Myriopathidae – Schizopathidae – Stylopathidae

Antipatharia Milne-Edwards, 1857

• Milne Edwards, H. 1857. Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. Tome premier. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 326 pp. BHL Reference page. 

• Horowitz, J., Opresko, D.M. & Bridge, T.C.L. 2018. Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the deep (916 m–2542 m) Coral Sea, north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 4472(2): 307–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.5 Reference page. 
• Horowitz, J., Opresko, D.M., Herrera, S., Hansel, C.M. & Quattrini, A.M. 2024. Ameripathidae, a new family of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia). ZooKeys 1203: 355–375. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1203.121411 Reference page. 
• de Lima, M.M., Cordeiro, R.T.S. & Pérez, C.D. 2019. Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 4692(1): 1–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4692.1.1 Reference page. 
• Wagner, D. & Shuler, A. 2017. The black coral fauna (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of Bermuda with new records. Zootaxa 4344(2): 367–379. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.11. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

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