美洲黑珊瑚科，黑珊瑚目珊瑚的一个新科（刺胞动物门，珊瑚纲，六放珊瑚亚纲，黑珊瑚目）。

Ameripathidae, a new family of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia).

作者信息

Horowitz Jeremy, Opresko Dennis M, Herrera Santiago, Hansel Colleen M, Quattrini Andrea M

机构信息

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington DC United States of America.

Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Lehigh, PA, USA Lehigh University Lehigh United States of America.

出版信息

Zookeys. 2024 May 31;1203:355-375. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1203.121411. eCollection 2024.

A new family of antipatharian corals, Ameripathidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia), is established for Opresko & Horowitz, The new family resembles Myriopathidae and Stylopathidae in terms of the morphology of the polyps and tentacles and the pinnulate branching of the corallum. Phylogenetic analysis using a genomic data set of 741 conserved element loci indicates that the new family is sister to a clade containing the Myriopathidae, Stylopathidae, Antipathidae, and Aphanipathidae.