| Common Name | Branching black coral |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Hawaii |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | |
| Core | |
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| Remarks | 'coral' from Middle English, Anglo-French, Latin 'corallium'; from Greek 'korallion'. |