Antipathes furcata is a black coral (order Antipatharia, family Antipathidae) found in deep-water environments across the Caribbean and western Atlantic. Black corals are colonial anthozoans characterized by a dark, spine-bearing axis made of proteinaceous material, highly valued in jewelry and a focus of conservation concern. They typically inhabit depths from 10 m to several hundred meters, forming bushy colonies that serve as structural habitat for diverse invertebrates and fish. Antipatharian corals are among the longest-lived marine invertebrates, with some colonies estimated at thousands of years old. Genomic data have been generated for this species and are available in public databases, enabling comparative studies of cnidarian evolution and ecology.