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]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Zoantharia |
Family: | Hydrozoanthidae |
Genus: | Terrazoanthus |
Species: | T. sinnigeri
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Binomial name | |
Terrazoanthus sinnigeri Reimer & Fujii, 2010
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References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Terrazoanthus sinnigeri Reimer & Fujii, 2010". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- ^ 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
edit- 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.