Zoanthacea
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Zoanthacea
- (archaic, zoology) A taxonomic suborder within the order Actinaria – members of which are now generally in order Zoantharia, including Zoanthus and allied genera of marine polyps, which are permanently attached by their bases.
Usage notes
[edit]- Zoanthidae is now often placed in suborder Brachycnemina.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (suborder): Actinacea, Antipathacea
References
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Brachycnemina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Zoanthid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Brachycnemina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Zoanthidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Zoanthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “Zoanthacea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Zoanthacea”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
