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Palythoa mutuki (Haddon & Shackleton, 1891)

zoantido, Zoanthid

Found in colonies, of closley packed individuals, displaying green or brown oral disks.

Found in warm, wave-washed infra-littoral zones.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Anthozoa

Order
Zoantharia

Suborder
Brachycnemina

Family
Sphenopidae

Genus
Palythoa

Species
mutuki

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Found throughout the Indo-Pacific and the western Galapagos Bioregion.

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
  • Reimer, J.D. Hickman, C.P., Jr. (2007) Preliminary survey of zooxanthellate zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) of the Galapagos and associated symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.). Notícias de Galápagos 66: 14-19.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Palythoa mutuki", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7940. Accessed 4 November 2026.