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Zoanthus
Sign in to saveZoanthus is a genus of anthozoans in the family Zoanthidae. It is the type genus for its family and order.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Zoanthus is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to Anthozoa, Animalia and Wikidata.
It sits within the topics Hexacorallia genera, Zoanthidae and Zoanthus.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderZoantharia
- FamilyZoanthidae
Lysmata amboinensis en colonia de Zoanthus con pólipos retraídos. Zoanthus sp Zoanthus es un género de corales de la familia Zoanthidae, clase Anthozoa. Está enmarcado en los corales blandos, así denominados porque, al contrario de los corales duros del orden Scleractinia, no generan un esqueleto de carbonato cálcico, por lo que no son generadores de arrecife. Su nombre común en inglés es button polyps, pólipos botón, o sea mat, alfombra marina.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 254
- With media
- 89
- Family
- Zoanthidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Cuba, Panama, Belize, Bermuda, United States, Mexico, Marshall Islands
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Zoanthus-dragon-eye.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zoanthus
- taxon name
- Zoanthus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
Zoanthus is a genus of anthozoans in the family Zoanthidae. It is the type genus for its family and order.
==Species== The following species are recognized in the genus Zoanthus: Zoanthus coppingeri Haddon & Shackleton, 1891 Zoanthus durbanensis Carlgren, 1938 Zoanthus gigantus Reimer & Tsukahara in Reimer, Ono, Iwama, Takishita, Tsukahara & Maruyama, 2006 Zoanthus kealakekuaensis Walsh & Bowers, 1971 Zoanthus kuroshio Reimer & Ono in Reimer, Ono, Iwama, Takishita, Tsukahara & Maruyama, 2006 Zoanthus mantoni (may be synonymous with Zoanthus coppingeri) Zoanthus natalensis Carlgren, 1938 Zoanthus praelongus Carlgren, 1954 Zoanthus pulchellus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Zoanthus robustus Carlgren, 1950 Zoanthus sansibaricus Carlgren, 1900 Zoanthus sociatus (Ellis, 1768) Zoanthus solanderi Le Sueur, 1818 Zoanthus vietnamensis Pax & Müller, 1957
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