WoRMS taxon details
Antipathella Brook, 1889
267233 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267233)
accepted
Genus
Antipathes subpinnata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Antipathella subpinnata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (type by subsequent designation)
Antipathes (Antipathella) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Species Antipathella aperta (Totton, 1923)
- Species Antipathella fiordensis (Grange, 1990)
- Species Antipathella strigosa Brook, 1889
- Species Antipathella subpinnata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Species Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857)
- Species Antipathella boscii (Lamouroux, 1816) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Antipathella compressa (Esper, 1797) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Antipathella paniculata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Antipathella assimilis Brook, 1889 accepted as Antipathes assimilis (Brook, 1889) (new combination)
- Species Antipathella atlantica (Gray, 1857) accepted as Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Antipathella brooki Johnson, 1899 accepted as Antipathes gracilis Gray, 1860 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Antipathella brookii Whitelegge, 1899 accepted as Antipathes brookii (Whitelegge, 1899) (new combination)
- Species Antipathella ceylonensis Thomson & Simson, 1905 accepted as Antipathes ceylonensis (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination, new combination)
- Species Antipathella contorta Brook, 1889 accepted as Tylopathes contorta (Brook, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Antipathella elegans Thomson & Simpson, 1905 accepted as Antipathes elegans (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) (new combination)
- Species Antipathella gracilis (Gray, 1860) accepted as Antipathes gracilis Gray, 1860
- Species Antipathella intermedia Brook, 1889 accepted as Dendropathes intermedia (Brook, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination, synonym)
- Species Antipathella irregularis Thompson & Simpson, 1905 accepted as Antipathes irregularis (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) (new combination)
- Species Antipathella japonica (Brook, 1889) accepted as Myriopathes japonica (Brook, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Antipathella minor Brook, 1889 accepted as Antipathes minor (Brook, 1889) (synonym)
- Species Antipathella reticulata (Esper, 1795) accepted as Rhipidipathes reticulata (Esper, 1795) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Antipathella rugosa Thomson & Simpson, 1905 accepted as Myriopathes rugosa (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination, new combination)
- Species Antipathella speciosa Brook, 1889 accepted as Antipathes speciosa (Brook, 1889) (synonym)
- Species Antipathella tristis (Duchassaing, 1870) accepted as Antipathes tristis (Duchassaing, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Brook, G. (1889). Report on the Antipatharia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 32 (part 80): i-iii,1-222, pl. 1-15., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-80/README.htm [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2026). World List of Antipatharia. Antipathella Brook, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267233 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Brook, G. (1889). Report on the Antipatharia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 32 (part 80): i-iii,1-222, pl. 1-15., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-80/README.htm [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Opresko, D.M. 2001. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part I. Establishment of a new family, Myriopathidae. Zool. Med. Leiden 75 (17): 343-370, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/45071 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
