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Updated 3/25/2013

Family Antipathariidae

HAWAII

Antipathes grandis

Molokini Back Wall, 90 feet

 

Moku Manu Pinnacle, Oahu, 130 feet

 

Makapu'u, Oahu, 120 feet

Makapu'u, Oahu, 120 feet

 

  GRAND BLACK CORAL

Occurs in water deeper than 150 feet.  It has flexible branches as thin as 0.3mm in diameter, and 12 polyps per cm.  Harvested extensively for the jewelry trade.  Endemic to Hawaii.