original description
Gray, J.E. (1832). Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. London (27th edition.). (4): 1-212. [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Although Zoantharia Gray, 1832, has identical spelling with the supraordinal name Zoantharia de Blainville, 1830, the latter name has fallen from common use—Hexacorallia Haeckel, 1896, being favoured. [details]