Neozoanthus Herberts, 1972

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 : 4

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:903D6413-C802-4864-A662-D71C50740E2D

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Neozoanthus Herberts, 1972
status

 

Neozoanthus Herberts, 1972

Neozoanthus Herberts, 1972: 137.

Type species.

Neozoanthus tulearensis Herberts, 1972, by monotypy.

Gender.

Masculine.

Diagnosis.

As for family above.

Remarks.

Molecular phylogenetic results ( Reimer et al. 2011a) indicate that this genus appears to be very closely related to the genus Isaurus Gray, 1828 (a genus assigned to the family Zoanthidae ). Three species included in this group are from the Indo-Pacific.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Zoantharia

Family

Neozoanthidae

Loc

Neozoanthus Herberts, 1972

Low, Martyn E. Y., Sinniger, Frederic & Reimer, James Davis 2016
2016
Loc

Neozoanthus

Herberts 1972
1972