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Sphenopidae Hertwig, 1882 
AphiaID: 266945

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Zoanthidea (Order) > Brachycnemina (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Typetaxon Sphenopus Steenstrup, 1856 (type by monotypy)
Parent Brachycnemina
Source  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Palythoa Lamouroux, 1816
Genus Sphenopus Steenstrup, 1856

Genus Protopalythoa Verrill, 1900 represented as Palythoa Lamouroux, 1816 (alternate representation)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266945
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-09 13:56:12Z  created  Decock, Wim
2008-09-06 18:40:41Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-10-04 13:36:00Z  changed  Reimer, James Davis
  
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  Citation: Reimer, J. (2013). Sphenopidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266945 on 2013-05-19
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