Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Wire Coral
Stichopathes luetkeni
Wire Coral
Category: Black Corals
Scientific Name: Stichopathes luetkeni
Synonyms: Cirrhipathes lutkeni
Size: 1 to 14 ft. (30 cm to 4.2 m)  
Depth: 45-400 ft. (15-120 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Cnidaria (Phylum) Cnidarians
└Anthozoa (Subphylum) Sea Anemones and Corals
 └Hexacorallia (Class) Hexacorallians
  └Antipatharia (Order) Black Corals
   └Antipathidae (Family)
    └Stichopathes (Genus)
     └S. luetkeni (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1287835🔗
iNaturalist ID: 1373545🔗

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