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Antipatharia (black coral)

Anthozoa - Antipatharia

Taxonomy
Antipatharia is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Anthozoa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hexacorallia by McFadden et al. (2021).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Antipatharia Sepkoski
2021Antipatharia McFadden et al. p. 637

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
Hexacorallia()
orderAntipatharia
orderAntipatharia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Antipatharia [black coral]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available