Isozoanthus sulcatus

Isozoanthus sulcatus
The anthozoan Isozoanthus sulcatus, Lough Hyne, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Zoantharia
Family: Parazoanthidae
Genus: Isozoanthus
Species: I. sulcatus
Binomial name
Isozoanthus sulcatus
(Gosse, 1859)[1]

Isozoanthus sulcatus, is a species of zoanthid in the family Parazoanthidae.[1]

Description

Isozoanthus sulcatus is a small colonial, anemone-like anthozoan. The polyps grow to 2 mm in diameter and are found in patches which are typically about 50 mm across. The body is tall and thin with a tentacle-ringed mouth. The colour is brown and the species is sometimes called "ginger tinies".[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the NE Atlantic Ocean, on south-western coasts of England and Wales and the southern, western and northern coasts of Ireland.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Sinniger, F.; Reimer, J. (2014). Isozoanthus sulcatus Gosse, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-22
  2. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2010). Isozoanthus sulcatus (Gosse, 1859) [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
  3. Manuel, R.L. (1981). British Anthozoa. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) (ed. D.M. Kermack & R.S.K. Barnes), The Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press.[Synopses of the British Fauna, no. 18.]


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