Palythoa mutuki is a species of zoanthid generally found in the Indo-Pacific but also common off the west coast of South America.[1] It occurs at depths ranging between 0 - 28m, being found in both marine and intertidal zones.[1] It was found to hold a higher diversity of associated species than Zoanthus sansibaricus, which inhabits a similar niche.[2] Recent research has indicated that several compounds taken from the ethanolic extract of Palythoa Mutuki have shown strong anti-viral activity towards the dengue virus, which may someday contribute towards a cure for the disease. [3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Zoantharia |
| Family: | Sphenopidae |
| Genus: | Palythoa |
| Species: | P. mutuki
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| Palythoa mutuki (Haddon & Shackleton, 1891)
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Gallery
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Palythoa mutuki in Thailand -
Closed Palythoa mutuki due to wave action in an Ecuadorian tidepool -
Closed Palythoa mutuki due to wave action in an Ecuadorian tidepool
References
edit- ^ a b "Palythoa mutuki". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ Chakravarty, Myla (2016). "Some animal associates of the zoanthids, Palythoa mutuki (Haddon & Shackeleton, 1891) and Zoanthus sansibaricus (Carlgen, 1990) along rocky shores of Visakhapatnam, India – A check list". International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies. 4: 380–384.
- ^ Chang, Fang-Rong; Jin-Ching, Lee; Wu, Yu-Hsuan; Hu, Hao-Chun; Wu, Yang-Chang; Backlund, Anders; Cheng, Yuan-Bin; Chen, Shu-Rong (2016). "Anti-Dengue Virus Constituents from Formosan Zoanthid Palythoa Mutuki". Marine Drugs. 14(8):151 (8): 151. doi:10.3390/md14080151. PMC 4999912. PMID 27517937.