Parazoanthus darwini
Parazoanthus darwini is a species of macrocnemic zoanthid first found in the Galapagos. It can be distinguished by its association with sponges, by having about 24–30 tentacles and polyps embedded in a well-developed coenenchyme.[1]
Parazoanthus darwini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Anthozoa |
Order: | Zoantharia |
Family: | Parazoanthidae |
Genus: | Parazoanthus |
Species: | P. darwini |
Binomial name | |
Parazoanthus darwini Reimer & Fujii, 2010 | |
References
- Reimer, James; Fujii, Takuma (2010). "Four new species and one new genus of zoanthids (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) from the Galapagos Islands". ZooKeys. 42: 1–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.42.378. ISSN 1313-2970.
Further reading
- Swain, Timothy D., and Laura M. Swain. "Molecular parataxonomy as taxon description: examples from recently named Zoanthidea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with revision based on serial histology of microanatomy." Zootaxa 3796.1 (2014): 81-107.
- Low, Martyn EY, and James Davis Reimer. "Parazoanthus Haddon & Shackleton, 1891, and Parazoanthidae Delage & Hérouard, 1901: conservation of usage by Reversal of Precedence with Bergia Duchassing & Michelotti, 1860, and Bergiidae Verrill, 1869 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)." Zootaxa 2995 (2011): 64-68.
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