Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Common Wire Coral
Cirrhipathes anguina
Common Wire Coral
Category: Black Corals
Scientific Name: Cirrhipathes anguina
Size: Up to 5 ft. (1.5 m)  
Depth: 30-200 ft. (10-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Hexacorallia (Class)
  └Antipatharia (Order)
   └Antipathidae (Family)
    └Cirrhipathes (Genus)

Corals
Black Corals

Common Wire Coral

Feathery Black Coral

Hawaiian Black Coral



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