Black coral
Animal
Antipatharians, also known as black corals or thorn corals, are an order of soft deep-water corals. These corals can be recognized by their jet-black or dark brown chitin skeletons, which are surrounded by their colored polyps. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Antipatharia
Class: Hexacorallia
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Antipatharia; Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857
Phylum: Cnidaria
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