Antipathella fiordensis
| Antipathella fiordensis | |
|---|---|
| Antipathella fiordensis (pale) with a basket star (dark) in one of its branches | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Antipatharia |
| Family: | Myriopathidae |
| Genus: | Antipathella |
| Species: | A. fiordensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Antipathella fiordensis (Grange, 1990) | |
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Antipathella fiordensis is a species of colonial coral in the order Antipatharia, the black corals, so named because their calcareous skeletons are black. It was first described as Antipathes fiordensis by the New Zealand zoologist Ken R. Grange in 1990, from material collected in the steep-sided fiords of Fiordland in the southeastern South Island, New Zealand. A 2001 revision of the Antipatheria put this species in the newly created genus Antipathella.