Deep-Sea taxon details
Epizoanthus fatuus (Schultze, 1860)
283853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283853)
accepted
Species
Palythoa fatua Schultze, 1860 · unaccepted
Sidisia fatua (Schultze, 1860) · unaccepted (new combination)
Sidisia fatua var. alba Lwowsky, 1913 · unaccepted (new combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sidisia fatua (Schultze, 1860)) Schultze, M. (1860). Die Hyalonemen. Ein Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte der Spongien. <em>A. Marcus: Bonn): i-iii.</em> (1-46): 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14878 [details] 
Reimer, J.D.; Sinniger, F. (2025). World List of Zoantharia. Epizoanthus fatuus (Schultze, 1860). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283853 on 2026-03-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Epizoanthus fatuus (Schultze, 1860). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283853 on 2026-03-01
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original description
(of Sidisia fatua (Schultze, 1860)) Schultze, M. (1860). Die Hyalonemen. Ein Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte der Spongien. <em>A. Marcus: Bonn): i-iii.</em> (1-46): 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14878 [details]
original description (of Sidisia fatua var. alba Lwowsky, 1913) Lwowsky, F.F., 1913. Revision der Gattung Sidisia Gray (Epizoanthus Auct.). Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Zooanthiden. Zool. Jb., Syst. 34 5-6: 557-614. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Grygier, M.J. (1990). Five new species of bathyal Atlantic Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda) from the equator to 50° N latitude. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 46(3): 655-676.
page(s): 655, 668 [details] Available for editors
additional source Carlgren, O. (1923). Ceriantharia und Zoantharia der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899.</em> 19(7): 243-337.
page(s): 293-296 [details]
additional source Sinniger, F.; Reimer, J.D.; Pawlowski, J. (2010). The Parazoanthidae (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) DNA taxonomy: description of two new genera. Marine Biodiversity, 40(1), 57-70.
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Pax, F., Müller, I. (1956). La collection de Zoanthaires du Musée océanographique de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique de Monaco.</em> 53(1076): 1–27.
page(s): 15-16 [details]
additional source Pax, F.; Müller, I. (1955). Gli Antozoi del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste Parte I: Antipatharia, Ceriantharia, Zoantharia, Actiniaria, Alcyonaria, e Pennatularia. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Trieste, 20(7-8): 103-129
page(s): 113 [details]
additional source Seifert, R. (1928). Die Nesselkapseln der Zoantharien und ihre differentialdiagnostische Bedeutung. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 55, 419-500
page(s): 421, 490, 492-493 [details]
additional source Walsh, G. E. (1967). An Annotated Bibliography of the Families Zoanthidae, Epizoanthidae, and Parazoanthidae (Coelenterata, Zoantharia). Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Honolulu., pp. 77.
page(s): 41 [details]
additional source Pei, Z. (1998). Coelenterata Actiniaria Ceriantharia Zoanthidea. Science Press. Beijing., pp. 286.
page(s): 195, 201 [details]
additional source Kise, H.; Montenegro, J.; Santos, M. E. A.; Hoeksema, B. W.; Ekins, M.; Ise, Y.; Higashiji, T.; Fernandez-Silva, I.; Reimer, J. D. (2022). Evolution and phylogeny of glass-sponge-associated zoantharians, with a description of two new genera and three new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194(1): 323-347., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab068 [details]
original description (of Sidisia fatua var. alba Lwowsky, 1913) Lwowsky, F.F., 1913. Revision der Gattung Sidisia Gray (Epizoanthus Auct.). Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Zooanthiden. Zool. Jb., Syst. 34 5-6: 557-614. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Grygier, M.J. (1990). Five new species of bathyal Atlantic Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda) from the equator to 50° N latitude. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 46(3): 655-676.
page(s): 655, 668 [details] Available for editors
additional source Carlgren, O. (1923). Ceriantharia und Zoantharia der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899.</em> 19(7): 243-337.
page(s): 293-296 [details]
additional source Sinniger, F.; Reimer, J.D.; Pawlowski, J. (2010). The Parazoanthidae (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) DNA taxonomy: description of two new genera. Marine Biodiversity, 40(1), 57-70.
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Pax, F., Müller, I. (1956). La collection de Zoanthaires du Musée océanographique de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique de Monaco.</em> 53(1076): 1–27.
page(s): 15-16 [details]
additional source Pax, F.; Müller, I. (1955). Gli Antozoi del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste Parte I: Antipatharia, Ceriantharia, Zoantharia, Actiniaria, Alcyonaria, e Pennatularia. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Trieste, 20(7-8): 103-129
page(s): 113 [details]
additional source Seifert, R. (1928). Die Nesselkapseln der Zoantharien und ihre differentialdiagnostische Bedeutung. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 55, 419-500
page(s): 421, 490, 492-493 [details]
additional source Walsh, G. E. (1967). An Annotated Bibliography of the Families Zoanthidae, Epizoanthidae, and Parazoanthidae (Coelenterata, Zoantharia). Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Honolulu., pp. 77.
page(s): 41 [details]
additional source Pei, Z. (1998). Coelenterata Actiniaria Ceriantharia Zoanthidea. Science Press. Beijing., pp. 286.
page(s): 195, 201 [details]
additional source Kise, H.; Montenegro, J.; Santos, M. E. A.; Hoeksema, B. W.; Ekins, M.; Ise, Y.; Higashiji, T.; Fernandez-Silva, I.; Reimer, J. D. (2022). Evolution and phylogeny of glass-sponge-associated zoantharians, with a description of two new genera and three new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194(1): 323-347., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab068 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Sidisia fatua var. alba Lwowsky, 1913) IMC, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype MOM, geounit Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
