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Antipathozoanthus hickmani

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Species of coral

Antipathozoanthus hickmani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Zoantharia
Family: Parazoanthidae
Genus: Antipathozoanthus
Species: A. hickmani
Binomial name
Antipathozoanthus hickmani
Reimer & Fujii, 2010

Antipathozoanthus hickmani is a species of macrocnemic zoanthid first found in the Galapagos. It can be distinguished by its exclusive association with Antipathes galapagensis, and having about 40 tentacles.

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Antipathozoanthus hickmani 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.
  • Bo, Marzia, et al. "Black coral assemblages from Machalilla National Park (Ecuador)." Pacific Science 66.1 (2012): 63-81.


Taxon identifiers
Antipathozoanthus hickmani


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