Species under Stichopathes
n= 32
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Stichopathes abyssicola
Roule, 1902
Eastern Atlantic and Northwest Pacific
Stichopathes aggregata
(van Pesch, 1914)
Western Central Pacific
Stichopathes alcocki
Cooper, 1909
Eastern Indian Ocean
Stichopathes bournei
Cooper, 1909
Northwest Pacific
Stichopathes ceylonensis
Thomson & Simpson, 1905
Indo-West Pacific
Stichopathes contorta
Thomson & Simpson, 1905
Indo-West Pacific
Stichopathes dissimilis
Roule, 1902
Divergent black coral Northeast Atlantic
Stichopathes echinulata
Brook, 1889
Indian Ocean and Eastern Central Pacific
Stichopathes euoplos
Schultze, 1903
Eastern Central Atlantic
Stichopathes eustropha
Pax, 1931
Northwest Pacific
Stichopathes filiformis
(Gray, 1868)
Eastern Atlantic and Western Pacific
Stichopathes flagellum
Roule, 1902
Whip black coral Eastern Atlantic
Stichopathes gracilis
(Gray, 1857)
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-West Pacific
Stichopathes indica
Schultze, 1903
Western Indian Ocean
Stichopathes longispina
Cooper, 1909
Western Indian Ocean
Stichopathes lutkeni
Brook, 1889
Black wire coral Western Atlantic
Stichopathes maldivensis
Cooper, 1903
Western Indian Ocean
Stichopathes occidentalis
Gray, 1860
Central Atlantic
Stichopathes papillosa
Thomson & Simpson, 1905
Eastern Indian Ocean
Stichopathes paucispina
(Brook, 1889)
Western Central Pacific
Stichopathes pourtalesi
Brook, 1889
Western Central Atlantic
Stichopathes regularis
Cooper, 1909
Indian Ocean
Stichopathes richardi
Roule, 1902
Richard's black coral Northeast Atlantic
Stichopathes robusta
Gravier, 1918
Northeast Atlantic
Stichopathes saccula
(van Pesch, 1914)
Western Pacific
Stichopathes semiglabra
van Pesch, 1914
Western Pacific
Stichopathes setacea
(Gray, 1860)
Northeast Atlantic
Stichopathes seychellensis
Cooper, 1909
Western Indian Ocean
Stichopathes solorensis
van Pesch, 1914
Western Central Pacific
Stichopathes spiessi
Opresko & Genin, 1990
Northeast Pacific
Stichopathes spinosa
Silberfeld, 1909
Northwest Pacific
Stichopathes variabilis
van Pesch, 1914
Western Pacific
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