Zoantharia

This name is also a junior synonym of Hexacorallia particularly used in paleontology.

Parazoanthus axinellae

Taxonavigation[edit]

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Zoantharia
Subordines: Brachycnemina - Macrocnemina

Overview of familiae[edit]

Abyssoanthidae – Nanozoanthidae ...

References[edit]

Low, M.E.Y.; Reimer, J.D. 2012: Zoanthid housekeeping: some nomenclatural notes on the Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Zootaxa 3485: 83–88. Preview Reference page.
Frederic Sinniger, Juan I. Montoya-Burgos, Pierre Chevaldonné & Jan Pawlowski, 2005: Phylogeny of the order Zoantharia (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) based on the mitochondrial ribosomal genes Marine Biology 147: 1121–1128 DOI 10.1007/s00227-005-0016-3 [1]

Additional references[edit]

Low, M.E.Y., Sinniger, F. & Reimer, J.D. 2016. The order Zoantharia Rafinesque, 1815 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): supraspecific classification and nomenclature. ZooKeys 641: 1–80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.641.10346. Reference page.

Vernacular names[edit]

Deutsch: Zoantharien
Ελληνικά: Ζωανθάρια
English: Zoanthids
español: Zoantharios
français: Zoanthaires
日本語: スナギンチャク
русский: Зоантарии

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