The order Zoantharia Rafinesque, 1815 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): supraspecific classification and nomenclature
Author
Low, Martyn E. Y.
Lee Kong Chian Museum of Natural History, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377, Republic of Singapore & former address: Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903 - 0213, Japan
Author
Sinniger, Frederic
Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 3422 Sesoko, Motobu, Okinawa 905 - 0227, Japan
Author
Reimer, James Davis
Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology (MISE) Laboratory, Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903 - 0213, Japan; and Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903 - 0213, Japan
jreimer@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.641.10346
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.641.10346
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Neozoanthus Herberts, 1972
Neozoanthus
Herberts, 1972: 137.
Type species.
Neozoanthus tulearensis
Herberts, 1972, by monotypy.
Gender.
Masculine.
Diagnosis.
As for family above.
Remarks.
Molecular phylogenetic results (
Reimer et al. 2011a
) indicate that this genus appears to be very closely related to the genus
Isaurus
Gray, 1828 (a genus assigned to the family
Zoanthidae
). Three species included in this group are from the Indo-Pacific.