Galapagos Species Database
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Antipathozoanthus hickmani
Zoántido, Zoanthid
Has approximately 40 bright yellow and/or red tentacles, with long red, yellow, or cream-colored polyps that extend well clear of the coenenchyme.Tentacles are almost always longer than the expanded oral disk diameter (Reimer & Fujii, 2010).
Antipathozoanthus hickmani is the only zoanthid in the Galápagos found on living Antipathes galapagensis (Reimer & Fujii, 2010)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Zoantharia
Family
Parazoanthidae
Genus
Antipathozoanthus
Species
hickmani
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: MHNG-INVE-67495, March 13, 2007; Type locality: Floreana - La Botella (1.2904°S, 90.4989°W). Paratype: CMNH-ZG 05883, Roca Onan - Pinzón, March 14, 2007; USNM 1134064, Cousins Rock, March 10, 2007 and might be at Isla del Coco, confirmation pending (Reimer & Fujii, 2010). Note: Previously mentioned as Parazoanthus sp. G1 (Reimer et al. (2008b, 2010 & Hickman 2008).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Santiago, Floreana, Isabela y Pinzón (Reimer & Fujii, 2010).
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2024) World Register of Marine Species Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
- Reimer, J. D. Fujii, T. (2010) Four new species and one new genus of zoanthids (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) from the Galápagos Islands. ZooKeys, 42, 1-36.
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