title: Antipathidae
text: # Antipathidae
  
  Antipathidae is a family of corals in the order Antipatharia, commonly known as black corals. They are generally considered a deep-water taxon; however, some of the most diverse communities are known from tropical shallow waters.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  This family contains the following genera according to the World Register of Marine Species:
  
  * Allopathes Opresko & Cairns, 1994 -- 3 species
  * Antipathes Pallas, 1766 -- 66 species
  * Cirrhipathes de Blainville, 1830 -- 16 species
  * Hillopathes van Pesch, 1914 -- 1 species
  * Pseudocirrhipathes Bo & al., 2009 -- 1 species
  * Pteropathes Brook, 1889 -- 1 species
  * Stichopathes Brook, 1889 -- 34 species
  * Antipathes dichotoma
  * Cirrhipathes sp.
  * Stichopathes sp.
  