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  2. Black coral - Wikipedia

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    A black coral reproduces both sexually and asexually throughout its lifetime. Many black corals provide housing, shelter, food, and protection for other animals. Black corals were originally classified in the subclass Ceriantipatharia along with ceriantharians (tube-dwelling anemones), but were later reclassified under Hexacorallia.

  3. Plexaura homomalla - Wikipedia

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    Plexaura homomalla, commonly known as the black sea rod or Caribbean sea whip, is a species of gorgonian-type octocoral in the family Plexauridae.It is widely distributed in the Caribbean from the Florida Keys to the northern coast of Venezuela.

  4. Antipathes - Wikipedia

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    Antipathes is a genus of coral in the order Antipatharia, composed of black coral (so named for its black skeleton). [1] Distinct features vary greatly within this genus: it contains symmetrically aligned as well as irregularly shaped corals, a range of different colors, and colonies that can be either sparsely branched or closely packed.

  5. Diadema antillarum - Wikipedia

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    Diadema antillarum, also known as the lime urchin, black sea urchin, or the long-spined sea urchin, [2] is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae. This sea urchin is characterized by its exceptionally long black spines. It is the most abundant and important herbivore on the coral reefs of the western Atlantic and Caribbean basin.

  6. Antipathes dichotoma - Wikipedia

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    Antipathes dichotoma 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 by the German zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas in 1766, from a single specimen he received from near Marseilles in the Mediterranean Sea.

  7. Aphanipathes - Wikipedia

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    Aphanipathes is a diverse genus of black corals in the family Aphanipathidae, typified by large polypar spines. [2] [3] However, there are some disagreement in the correct taxonomic classification of this genus.

  8. These ocean explorers have seen the damage done by ... - AOL

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    For example, black corals, which are like underwater trees and can grow up to a meter and a half high, can be 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 years old. They can be destroyed in just a few seconds by a ...

  9. Oxynaspis gracilis - Wikipedia

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    The living tissue of black corals such as Plumapathes pennacea may grow over the surface of this barnacle. [ 2 ] Black corals are mostly deep water animals; specimens (including fan-shaped and bottlebrush-shaped species) from the Gulf of Mexico, collected and recorded with remotely operated vehicles at depths ranging from 68 to 124 m (223 to ...