Zoantharia
/ˌzəʊanˈθɛːrɪə
/plural noun Zoology
A group of coelenterates with polyps that bear more than eight tentacles, including the sea anemones and stony corals.
- Subclass Zoantharia, class Anthozoa.
- Sometimes the subclass Zoantharia is used instead, in which case hexacorals are included with Rugose corals and Horny Corals (Cerantipitharia).
- The main anthozoan subclass, which includes the corals, is the Zoantharia.
Derivatives
zoantharian
- Chaetodon capistratus is a browser who feeds on anthozoans preferring hexacoral such as scleractinians, anemones, and zoantharians.
- Specimens of Aeolidiopsis ransoni are found living on colonial zoantharians of the genus Palythoa.
- Of particular interest in this volume is the review of Sympagurus hermit crabs, some of which live in symbiosis with sea-anemones or zoantharians than can produce pseudo-shells.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Greek zōion 'animal' + anthos 'flower'.
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