WoRMS taxon details
Mesozoanthus Sinniger & Haussermann, 2009
446128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446128)
accepted
Genus
Mesozoanthus fossii Sinniger & Haussermann, 2009 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sinniger and Haussermann. 2009. Zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from shallow waters
of the southern Chilean fjord region, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species [details]
Type locality contained in East Pacific
type locality contained in East Pacific [details]
Reimer, J.D.; Sinniger, F. (2026). World List of Zoantharia. Mesozoanthus Sinniger & Haussermann, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446128 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Sinniger and Haussermann. 2009. Zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from shallow waters
of the southern Chilean fjord region, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Reimer, J.D.; Fujii, T. (2010). Four new species and one new genus of zoanthids (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) from the Galápagos Islands. ZooKeys, 42: 1-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.42.378
page(s): 3, 4, 32 [details]
additional source Reimer, J.D.; Fujii, T. (2010). Four new species and one new genus of zoanthids (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) from the Galápagos Islands. ZooKeys, 42: 1-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.42.378
page(s): 3, 4, 32 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
