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Palythoa toxica Walsh & Bowers, 1971

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Walsh, G. E., & Bowers, R. L. (1971). A review of Hawaiian zoanthids with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 50(2): 161–180. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1971.tb00757.x

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Zoantharia
family
Sphenopidae
genus
Palythoa
species
Palythoa toxica

Name

Homonyms
Palythoa toxica Walsh & Bowers, 1971
Common names
Botão-do-mar-colorado in Portuguese
Seaweed of Death from Hana in English
マウイイワスナギンチャク in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Colin, P.L.; Arneson, C. (1995). Tropical Pacific Invertebrates. A fieldGuide to the Marine Invertebrates Occurring on Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs, Seagrass Beds and Mangroves. <em>Coral Reef Press: Irvine, USA.</em> 1-296.
  2. Hoover, J. P. (1998). Hawaii's Sea Creatures. Mutual Publishing. Honolulu., edition 1st, pp. 366.
  3. Ryland, J. S.; Lancaster, J. E. (2003). Revision of methods for separating species of Protopalythoa (Hexacorallia : Zoanthidea) in the tropical West Pacific. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17(3): 407-428.
  4. Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
  5. Walsh, G. E.; Bowers, R. L. (1971). A review of Hawaiian zoanthids with descriptions of three new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 50(2): 161-180.
  6. den Hartog, J. C. (1997). The sea anemone fauna of Indonesian coral reefs. Periplus Editions. Republic of Singapore., chapter Box 8.2, volume 7, pp. 351-370
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