Epizoanthus, GRAY, 1867

Kise, Hiroki, Montenegro, Javier, Santos, Maria E. A., Hoeksema, Bert W., Ekins, Merrick, Ise, Yuji, Higashiji, Takuo, Fernandez-Silva, Iria & Reimer, James D., 2022, Evolution and phylogeny of glass-sponge-associated zoantharians, with a description of two new genera and three new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194, pp. 323-347 : 327

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab068
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5797569
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scientific name	Epizoanthus
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GENUS EPIZOANTHUS GRAY, 1867 View in CoL

Type species: Dysidea papillosa Johnston, 1842 , by monotypy (see also Opinion 1689 in ICZN, 1992).

Diagnosis: Macrocnemic zoantharians with simple mesogleal musculature, readily distinguishable from Palaeozoanthus by the presence of non-fertile micromesenteries ( Sinniger & Häussermann 2009).