Macrocnemina Haddon & Shackleton, 1891, 1828

Low, Martyn E. Y., Sinniger, Frederic & Reimer, James Davis, 2016, The order Zoantharia Rafinesque, 1815 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): supraspecific classification and nomenclature, ZooKeys 641, pp. 1-80 : 8

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.641.10346

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scientific name

Macrocnemina Haddon & Shackleton, 1891
status

 

Suborder Macrocnemina Haddon & Shackleton, 1891

Macrocneminae Haddon & Shackleton, 1891a: 626.

Diagnosis

Zoantharians with the fifth mesenteries from the dorsal directive being complete.

Remarks.

As stated above, the two suborders of Zoantharia appear not to be monophyletic ( Sinniger et al. 2005). Three families are currently assigned to Macrocnemina Haddon & Shackleton, 1891.