Parazoanthus darwini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Zoantharia
Family: Parazoanthidae
Genus: Parazoanthus
Species:
P. darwini
Binomial name
Parazoanthus darwini
Reimer & Fujii, 2010

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]

References

  1. 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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