Hydrozoanthidae Sinniger, Reimer & Pawlowski, 2010, 1918

Low, Martyn E. Y., Sinniger, Frederic & Reimer, James Davis, 2016, The order Zoantharia Rafinesque, 1815 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): supraspecific classification and nomenclature, ZooKeys 641, pp. 1-80 : 10

Hydrozoanthidae Sinniger, Reimer & Pawlowski, 2010

Hydrozoanthidae Sinniger, Reimer & Pawlowski, 2010: 60.

Type genus.

Hydrozoanthus Sinniger, Reimer & Pawlowski, 2010.

Diagnosis.

"This family is erected to group former Parazoanthidae species sharing specific insertions and deletions in mt-16S rDNA, especially in the V5 region (as defined in Sinniger et al. 2005) of this gene" and "Phylogenetically, species in this family are more closely related to brachycnemic zoanthids (especially from the genus Palythoa ) than to other parazoanthids." ( Sinniger et al. 2010a: 61).

Remarks.

"This family groups several tropical and sub-tropical macrocnemic zoanthids; including species associated with hydrozoans and also several other non-hydrozoan associated species." ( Sinniger et al. 2010a: 61). This family is currently comprised of two genera- Hydrozoanthus Sinniger, Reimer & Pawlowski, 2010, and Terrazoanthus Reimer & Fujii, 2010.