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Epizoanthidae Delage & Herouard, 1901 
AphiaID: 100688

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Zoanthidea (Order) > Macrocnemina (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Typetaxon Epizoanthus Gray, 1867 (type by monotypy)
Parent Macrocnemina
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Epizoanthus Gray, 1867
Genus Paleozoanthus Carlgren, 1924
Genus Thoracactus Gravier, 1918

Genus Thoracactis Gravier, 1918 represented as Thoracactus Gravier, 1918 (alternate representation, Original spelling corrected by Walsh, 1967.)

Genus Sidisia Gray, 1858 accepted as Epizoanthus Gray, 1867
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100688
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-09-06 18:40:41Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-06-30 01:20:05Z  checked  Reimer, James Davis
2011-10-04 13:36:00Z  changed  Reimer, James Davis
  
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  Citation: Reimer, J. (2013). Epizoanthidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100688 on 2013-05-21
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