ANTHOZOA Ehrenberg, 1834
(sea anemones and corals)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
HEXACORALLIA
sea anemones and true corals
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 		Subclass 12 subtaxa 195 images 2 ident. refs
OCTOCORALLIA
soft corals
Subclass 2 subtaxa 17 images 1 ident. refs
ALCYONACEA
sea fingers
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 		Order 2 subtaxa 17 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassANTHOZOA (sea anemones and corals)
PhylumCNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
de Kluijver, M.J. & Ingalsuo, S.S. Anthozoa wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/anthozoa.php
Gregory, J. British Marine Life Pictures www.britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk/gallery.html
Manuel, R.L. 1988 British Anthozoa (2nd ed.) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 18, 2nd edition edition, The Linnean Society of London
Manuel, R.L. 1981 *** British Anthozoa ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 18, The Linnean Society of London
Stephenson, T.A. 1928 *** The British Sea Anemones ***(Superseded) Vols 113 & 121, The Ray Society, London
in the field Wood, C. 2005 Guide to Sea Anemones and Corals Of Britain and Ireland Seasearch Guides, 128pp, Marine Conservation Society

ANTHOZOA (sea anemones and corals) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANTHOZOA (sea anemones and corals)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANTHOZOA (sea anemones and corals)
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