Isozoanthus sulcatus
| Isozoanthus sulcatus | |
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| The anthozoan Isozoanthus sulcatus, Lough Hyne, Co. Cork, Ireland. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Subclass: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Zoantharia |
| Family: | Parazoanthidae |
| Genus: | Isozoanthus |
| Species: | I. sulcatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Isozoanthus sulcatus (Gosse, 1859)[1] | |
Isozoanthus sulcatus, is a species of zoanthid in the family Parazoanthidae.[1]
Description
Isozoanthus sulcatus is a small colonial, anemone-like anthozoan. The polyps grow to 2 mm in diameter and are found in patches which are typically about 50 mm across. The body is tall and thin with a tentacle-ringed mouth. The colour is brown and the species is sometimes called "ginger tinies".[2]
Distribution
This species is found in the NE Atlantic Ocean, on south-western coasts of England and Wales and the southern, western and northern coasts of Ireland.[3]
References
- 1 2 Sinniger, F.; Reimer, J. (2014). Isozoanthus sulcatus Gosse, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-22
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2010). Isozoanthus sulcatus (Gosse, 1859) [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
- ↑ Manuel, R.L. (1981). British Anthozoa. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) (ed. D.M. Kermack & R.S.K. Barnes), The Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press.[Synopses of the British Fauna, no. 18.]
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