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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Zoantharia
Subordo: Brachycnemina

Familia: Zoanthidae
Genus: Zoanthus
Species: Zoanthus kuroshio
Name

Zoanthus kuroshio Reimer & Ono, 2006

Type locality: Japan, Kagoshima, Yakushima, Kurio, Sangohama, 30º16'N, 130º25'E.

Holotype: NSMT. NSMT-CO 1445. 24.IV.2005.
References

Reimer, J.D.; S. Ono; A. Iwama; K. Takishita; J. Tsukahara & T. Maruyama, 2006, Zoological Science 23: 261–275. [1]

Zoanthus kuroshio is a zoanthid first described from southern Japan.[1]
References

Reimer, James Davis; Ono, Shusuke; Iwama, Atsushi; Takishita, Kiyotaka; Tsukahara, Junzo; Maruyama, Tadashi (2006). "Morphological and Molecular Revision of Zoanthus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) from Southwestern Japan, with Descriptions of Two New Species". Zoological Science. 23 (3): 261–275. doi:10.2108/zsj.23.261. ISSN 0289-0003.

Further reading

Reimer, James Davis, et al. "High levels of morphological variation despite close genetic relatedness between Zoanthus aff. vietnamensis and Zoanthus kuroshio (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)." Zoological Science 23.9 (2006): 755-761.
Reimer, James Davis. "Preliminary survey of zooxanthellate zoanthid diversity (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from southern Shikoku, Japan." Kuroshio Biosphere3 (2007): 1-16.
Reimer, James Davis, et al. "Molecular evidence suggesting interspecific hybridization in Zoanthus spp.(Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)." Zoological Science24.4 (2007): 346-359.

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