Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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) Cnidarians
└Anthozoa (Subphylum) Sea Anemones and Corals
 └Hexacorallia (Class) Hexacorallians
  └Antipatharia (Order) Black Corals
   └Antipathidae (Family)
    └Cirrhipathes (Genus)
     └C. anguina (Species)
WoRMS ID: 220496🔗
iNaturalist ID: 319612🔗

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