Zoanthidae Rafinesque, 1815

Swain, Timothy D. & Swain, Laura M., 2014, Molecular parataxonomy as taxon description: examples from recently named Zoanthidea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with revision based on serial histology of microanatomy, Zootaxa 3796 (1), pp. 81-107 : 102

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5672484
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scientific name	Zoanthidae Rafinesque, 1815
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Family Zoanthidae Rafinesque, 1815 View in CoL

Brachycnemina with continuous or divided mesogleal marginal musculature and absent or reduced encrustation isolated to the surface of the ectoderm; ontogeny includes zoanthinae larvae (expanded from Ryland & Lancaster 2003).