Mesozoanthus Sinniger & Haeussermann , 2009

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 : 17

Mesozoanthus Sinniger & Haeussermann, 2009

Mesozoanthus Sinniger & Häussermann, 2009: 31, 32.

Type species.

Mesozoanthus fossii Sinniger & Häussermann, 2009, by original designation and monotypy.

Gender.

Masculine.

Diagnosis.

"Macrocnemic with Parazoanthus -like growth-form. Well-developed polyps with long and pointed tentacles; polyps form clusters linked by a basal coenenchyme. DNA sequences significantly differ from those in other genera..." and "In contrast to Parazoanthus , members of Mesozoanthus usually occur in small patches and are not known to colonise demosponges. No symbioses with Symbiodinium zooxanthellae." ( Sinniger and Häussermann 2009: 32).

Remarks.

Only two species of this genus are known, from temperate waters along the west coast of the Americas.