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Terrazoanthus sinnigeri

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Species of coral

Terrazoanthus sinnigeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. 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.

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Terrazoanthus sinnigeri Reimer & Fujii, 2010". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  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.


Taxon identifiers
Terrazoanthus sinnigeri


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