Bathypathes
Genus of corals
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Bathypathes is a genus of black coral in the family Schizopathidae.
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| Feather pen-like coral (Bathypathes sp.) at 2467 meters water depth. California, Davidson Seamount | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Antipatharia |
| Family: | Schizopathidae |
| Genus: | Bathypathes Brook, 1889 |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bathypathes (Eubathypathes) van Pesch, 1914 | |
Species
Fourteen species are currently recognized in the genus.[1]
- Bathypathes alaskensis Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021
- Bathypathes bayeri Opresko, 2001
- Bathypathes bifida Thompson, 1905
- Bathypathes conferta (Brook, 1889)
- Bathypathes erotema Schultze, 1903
- Bathypathes galatheae Pasternak, 1977
- Bathypathes patula Brook, 1889
- Bathypathes platycaulus Totton, 1923
- Bathypathes plenispina Brook, 1889
- Bathypathes ptiloides Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021
- Bathypathes robusta (Gravier, 1918)
- Bathypathes seculata Opresko, 2005
- Bathypathes thermophila Chimienti, 2022
- Bathypathes tiburonae Opresko & Molodtsova, 2022
- Bathypathes pseudoalternata Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021[2][3]