Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic Author Lima, Manuela M. Author Cordeiro, Ralf T. S. Author Perez, Carlos D. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-11-05 4692 1 1 67 journal article 24975 10.11646/zootaxa.4692.1.1 ead7ec31-b9d4-49f3-a006-a67fff6ad623 1175-5326 3528942 F054DC68-6A7E-4C80-9094-8ECCA4502CD6 Genus Taxipathes Brook, 1889 Type-species. Taxipathes recta Brook, 1889 (by monotypy). Diagnosis. Corallum branched, stem and branches pinnulate. Pinnules simple, arranged bilaterally in four to eight rows (usually six), and also in alternating semispiral groupings. Spines simple, conical, hooked upwards. Polyps about 2.5 mm in transverse diameter. ( Brook, 1889 ; Opresko, 2002 ). Distribution. South Atlantic, Ascension Island ( Brook, 1889 ), and Caribbean Sea, off ColĂ´mbia (Smithsonian, USNM 86892, identified by D. M. Opresko; available in <http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/>).