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Family
Antipathariidae
HAWAII
Antipathes
griggi
Moku Manu Pinnacle, Oahu, 140 feet
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Portlock Point, Oahu, 25 feet |
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Baby Barge, Oahu, 65 feet
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Red Hill, Hawaii, 100 feet |
Red Hill, Hawaii, 100 feet |
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Corsair, Oahu, 100 feet |
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HAWAIIAN
BLACK
CORAL
The most
likely black coral to be seen by divers as shallow as 15 feet. Stiff, vertically pointing branches
have tips thicker than 0.6mm. There are about 8 polyps per cm.
Rare fishes are associated with Antipathes.
The Longnose Hawkfish perches itself
among the branches, making it difficult to photograph. Tinker's Butterflyfish is not
directly associated with black coral, but frequents the same habitat.
Endemic to Hawaii. Formerly known as Antipathes dichotoma
(a Mediterranean species) and Antipathes arborea.
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