Biology:Terrazoanthus sinnigeri

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Terrazoanthus sinnigeri
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Zoantharia
Family: Hydrozoanthidae
Genus: Terrazoanthus
Species:
T. sinnigeri
Binomial name
Terrazoanthus sinnigeri
Reimer & Fujii, 2010

Terrazoanthus sinnigeri is a species of uncertain validity (taxon inquirendum) of macrocnemic zoanthid first found in the Galapagos. It is potentially a junior synonym of Terrazoanthus patagonichus.[1] It can be distinguished by commonly occurring on rubble and rocks on sandy bottoms, having about 30–36 tentacles, and numerous nematocysts in its pharynx.[2]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Terrazoanthus sinnigeri Reimer & Fujii, 2010" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467541. 
  2. 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.
  • Fujii, Takuma, and James Davis Reimer. "A new family of diminutive zooxanthellate zoanthids (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169.3 (2013): 509-522.


Wikidata ☰ Q14469607 entry