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WoRMS taxon details

Hexacorallia 
AphiaID: 1340

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Subclass
Parent Anthozoa
Synonymised
taxa		  Zoantharia
Sources  basis of record: Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa (1668): 127-182, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01668p182.pdf [details]

additional source: Fautin, Daphne G. (2011). Hexacorallians of the World., available online at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [details]

from synonym: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch zeeanemonen  [details]
English zoanthinarians (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Order Actiniaria
Order Antipatharia
Order Ceriantharia
Order Corallimorpharia
Order Rugosa †
Order Scleractinia
Order Zoanthidea

Superorder Ceriantipatharia (nomen nudum, superfluous name)

Order Zoantharia represented as Zoanthidea (alternate representation)

Order Coralliomorpharia accepted as Corallimorpharia
Order Ptychodactiaria accepted as Ptychodacteae
Environment marine
Distribution Europe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Images 
Anemone
Anemone
added on 2012-04-04 - author: Areamare Sicily (2004) ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Black coral diversity
Black coral diversity
added on 2013-01-10 - author: Johnsen S, Frank TM, Haddock SHD, Widder EA, Messing CG
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1340
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-05-14 10:34:32Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Hexacorallia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340 on 2013-05-19
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