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Zoanthus Lamarck, 1801 
AphiaID: 206284

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Zoanthidea (Order) > Brachycnemina (Suborder) > Zoanthidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Zoanthus sociatus (Ellis, 1768) (type by monotypy)
Typetaxon of  Zoanthidae Rafinesque, 1815
Parent Zoanthidae Rafinesque, 1815
Sources  additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Ocaña, O.; Fautin, D. (2009). Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, Zoanthidea (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

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 Species Zoanthus alderi Gosse, 1860
Species Zoanthus barnardi Carlgren, 1938
Species Zoanthus bertholetti
Species Zoanthus cavernarum Pax & Müller, 1957
Species Zoanthus chierchiae Heider, 1895
Species Zoanthus coppingeri Haddon & Shackleton, 1891
Species Zoanthus cyanoides Pax & Müller, 1957
Species Zoanthus durbanensis Carlgren
Species Zoanthus gigantus Reimer, Ono, Iwama, Takishita, Tsukahara & Maruyama, 2006
Species Zoanthus kuroshio Reimer, Ono, Iwama, Takishita, Tsukahara & Maruyama, 2006
Species Zoanthus natalensis Carlgren
Species Zoanthus pigmentatus Wilsmore, 1909
Species Zoanthus praelongus Carlgren, 1954
Species Zoanthus pulchellus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Species Zoanthus robustus Carlgren, 1950
Species Zoanthus sansibaricus Carlgren, 1900
Species Zoanthus sinensis Zunan, 1998
Species Zoanthus sociatus (Ellis, 1768)
Species Zoanthus solanderi Lesueur, 1817
Species Zoanthus stuhlmanni Carlgren
Species Zoanthus vietnamensis Pax & Müller, 1957
Species Zoanthus xishaensis Zunan, 1998

Species Zoanthus danae (Le Conte, 1852) (species inquirenda)
Species Zoanthus dubius Lesueur, 1817 (species inquirenda)
Species Zoanthus ellisii Lamouroux, 1821 (species inquirenda)
Species Zoanthus erythrochlora Pax & Müller, 1957 (species inquirenda, Reimer et al. 2004)
Species Zoanthus mantoni author unknown (species inquirenda, may be synonymous with Z. coppingeri)
Species Zoanthus mertensii Brandt, 1835 (species inquirenda)
Species Zoanthus pacificus Walsh & Bowers (species inquirenda, may be synonymous with Z. coppingeri or Z. sansibaricus)
Species Zoanthus savignyi Andres, 1883 (species inquirenda)

Species Zoanthus anduzii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Zoanthus pulchellus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Species Zoanthus auricula (Lesueur, 1817) accepted as Zoanthus pulchellus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Species Zoanthus flos-marinus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Zoanthus sociatus (Ellis, 1768)
Species Zoanthus nobilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Zoanthus sociatus (Ellis, 1768)
Species Zoanthus nymphaeus (Lesueur, 1817) accepted as Zoanthus pulchellus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Species Zoanthus poriticola Pax, 1910 accepted as Zoanthus sociatus (Ellis, 1768)
Species Zoanthus proteus Verrill, 1900 accepted as Zoanthus sociatus (Ellis, 1768)
Species Zoanthus zansibaricus Carlgren, 1900 accepted as Zoanthus sansibaricus Carlgren, 1900
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206284
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-05 10:37:23Z  changed  Renders, Kristel
2010-01-02 22:01:31Z  checked  Reimer, James Davis
2011-10-04 13:36:00Z  changed  Reimer, James Davis
  
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  Citation: Reimer, J. (2013). Zoanthus Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206284 on 2013-05-19
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