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Parazoanthus Haddon & Shackleton 1891

  • 1. University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
  • 2. University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa ,, Japan

Description

Genus Parazoanthus Haddon & Shackleton, 1891 Type species: Parazoanthus axinellae Schmidt, 1862

Diagnosis. Colonial zoanthids characterised by a mesogleal lacuna and by canals forming a ‘ring sinus’ in distal part of polyp. Fine mineral particles incorporated in polyps.

Notes

Published as part of Reimer, James & Fujii, Takuma, 2010, Four new species and one new genus of zoanthids (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) from the Galapagos Islands, pp. 1-36 in ZooKeys 42 (42) on page 14, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.42.378, http://zenodo.org/record/576650

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Parazoanthidae
Genus
Parazoanthus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Zoantharia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Haddon & Shackleton
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Parazoanthus &, 1891 sec. Reimer & Fujii, 2010

References

  • Haddon AC, Shackleton AC (1891) Reports of the zoological collections made in Torres Straits by Professor A. C. Haddon, 1888 - 1889. Actinae: I. Zoantheae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4: 673 - 701.