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Palythoa  Lamouroux, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 52433

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderZoantharia  – zoanthids, zoanthids  
                   FamilyZoanthidae   
                      GenusPalythoa Lamouroux, 1816  
    Direct Children:  
                         Species Palythoa caribbea   
                         Species Palythoa grandis   
                         Species Palythoa mammillosa (Ellis and Solander, 1786) – knobby zoanthidean, knobby zoanthid 
                         Species Palythoa nigricans McMurrich, 1898  
                         Species Palythoa texaensis Carlgren and Hedgepth, 1952  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Walsh, Gerald E., and Ralph L. Bowers  
  Publication Date: 1971   
  Article/Chapter Title: A review of Hawaiian zoanthids with descriptions of three new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 50, no. 2   
  Page(s): 161-180   
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