Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria

Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hexacorallia Haeckel, 1896
Octocorallia

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: bloemdieren; zeeanemonen en koralen sources: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium;de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.

English: anthozoans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: anthozoans sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: koralldjur

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C. G. 1834. Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1: 225-380.
basis of record	Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa (1668): 127-182

Genbank

External Links

GenBank (10 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Hoeksema, B. (2014). Anthozoa. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1292