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Zoantharia 
AphiaID: 607338

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass)
Authority Gray, 1832
Status alternate representation
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Zoanthidea
Rank Order
Parent Hexacorallia
Source  original description: Gray, J.E. 1832. Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. London (27th edition.). (4): 1-212. [details]

Link To ITIS
Note  Taxonomic Remark: Although Zoantharia Gray, 1832, has identical spelling with the supraordinal name Zoantharia de Blainville, 1830, the latter name has fallen from common use—Hexacorallia Haeckel, 1896, being favoured.  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:607338
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2012-08-13 12:42:42Z  created  Reimer, James Davis
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Zoantharia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607338 on 2013-05-23
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