Order Antipatharia (black coral)
Parent taxon: Hexacorallia according to C. S. McFadden et al. 2021
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Rugosa, Scleractinia
Subtaxa: Leiopathes
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Antipatharia in the database