Microzoanthidae Fujii & Reimer 2011
| Main Authors: | Swain, Timothy D., Swain, Laura M. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2014
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5672476 |
Daftar Isi:
- Family Microzoanthidae Fujii & Reimer, 2011 Zoanthidea with macrocnemic mesenterial arrangement and simple endodermal marginal musculature. Species are free-living and are found attached cryptically under rubble or interstices throughout temperate and tropical Pacific. Azooxanthellate. Microzoanthidae share specific genetic characters (of the mitochondrial COI and 16 S rDNA genes) and are differentiated from other Zoanthidea by encrustations that penetrate to the ectodermal surface of the mesoglea, but not into the mesoglea itself. Expanded polyps to 3 mm diameter and 10 mm length, encrusted, and connected by coenenchyme stolons. Oral disk calathiform and margin ornamented with distinct zig-zag pattern. Tentacles 20 –26, 6– 9 mm long (diagnosis expanded from Fujii & Reimer 2011).
- Published as part of Swain, Timothy D. & Swain, Laura M., 2014, Molecular parataxonomy as taxon description: examples from recently named Zoanthidea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with revision based on serial histology of microanatomy, pp. 81-107 in Zootaxa 3796 (1) on page 99, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/251140