Antipathes dendrochristos

Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Antipatharia/Antipathidae/Antipathes

At a glance

Occurrence records5 242

Data sources6

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Antipathes dendrochristos's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 626 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System2 616 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS5 242 records

01Narrative

Antipathes dendrochristos, commonly known as Christmas tree coral, is a species of colonial coral in the order Antipatharia, the black corals, so named because their calcareous skeletons are black.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type5 242 records

Wild obs. + sensor5 196

Museum / vouchered46

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO296 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit883

200–1000 m twilight1 731

1–4 km midnight1

>4 km abyssal0

median 245.8 m · max 1 180 m · 2 615 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 904≤1 km 3 280

5 184 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor5 196

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 12

12 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence46

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Washington, US	14
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	3
CASlocation not on record	2
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	2

4 institutions · 21 of 46 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code

Antipathes dendrochristos

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Habitat & environment2

Record type5 242 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 4 geolocated

Record type5 242 records