Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Zoantharia > Suborder Macrocnemina > Family Epizoanthidae > Genus Epizoanthus

Epizoanthus paguriphilus Verrill, 1883

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epizoanthus*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name
*Mardoell*	Danielssen, 1890	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: hermit crab zoanthid

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1882). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 3. American Journal of Science. (3) 23: 136-142.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1934). Ceriantharia, Zoantharia and Actiniaria from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910, 5(6): 1-27
additional source	Roule, L. (1900). Description d'une nouvelle espèce Méditerranéenne de zoanthidé, commensale des pagures (Palythoa-Gemmaria-Paguricola). Bulletin de la Societé Zoologique de France, 25, 120-125
additional source	Muirhead, A. M.; Tyler, P. A. (1986). Reproductive biology and growth of the genus Epizoanthus (Zoanthidea) from the north-east Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 66, 131-143
additional source	Manuel, R. L. (1981). British Anthozoa. London: Academic Press. 241 pp. (Synopses of the British Fauna).
additional source	Jourdan, E. (1890). Note préliminaire sur les Zoanthaires provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle. Golfe de Gascogne, Açores, Terre-Neuve, 1886, 1887, 1888. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 15: 174-176.
additional source	Koehler, R. (1896). Liste par stations de dragage des animaux recueillis pendant la campagne du "Caudan". Annales de l'Université de Lyon, 26, 711-740
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1923). Ceriantharia und Zoantharia der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. 19(7): 243-337.
additional source	Walsh, G. E. (1967). An Annotated Bibliography of the Families Zoanthidae, Epizoanthidae, and Parazoanthidae (Coelenterata, Zoantharia). Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Honolulu., pp. 77.
additional source	Pax F. (1908). Die Aktinienfauna Westafrikas. Denkschrift. medizin. naturwiss. Gesellschaft Jena. 13: 463-504.
additional source	Roule, L. (1900). Sur les genres Palythoa et Epizoanthus. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 131, 279-281
additional source	Pei, Z. (1998). Coelenterata Actiniaria Ceriantharia Zoanthidea. Science Press. Beijing., pp. 286.
additional source	Ates, R. M. L. (2003). A preliminary review of zoanthid-hermit crab symbioses (Cnidaria, Zoantharia/Crustacea, Paguridea). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 41-48
additional source	Boscolo, H. K.; Silveira, F. L. (2005). Reproductive biology of Palythoa caribaeorum and Protopalythoa variabilis (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Zoanthidea) from the southeastern coast of Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 65, 1, 29-41
additional source	Pax, F., Müller, I. (1956). La collection de Zoanthaires du Musée océanographique de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique de Monaco. 53(1076): 1–27.
additional source	Haddon, A. and Shackleton, A. (1891). A revision of the British actiniæ. Part II.: The Zoantheæ. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society. 4 (12): 609-672.
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Jourdan, E. (1895). Zoanthaires provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Açores, Terre-Neuve). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. 8(1): 1-36.
additional source	Haddon A. C.; Duerden J. E. (1896). On some Actiniaria from Australia and other districts. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society. 6, II, 6, 139-172.
additional source	Sebens, K. P. (1998). Anthozoa: Actiniaria, Zoanthidea, Corallimorpharia, and Ceriantharia. National Marine Fisheries Service. Seattle., volume 141, pp. 1-67
additional source	Roule, L. (1896). Coelentérés. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, 26, 299-323
additional source	Ryland, J. S.; Babcock, R. C. (1991). Annual cycle of gametogenesis and spawning in a tropical zoanthid, Protopalythoa sp. Hydrobiologia, 216/217, 117-123
additional source	Fautin, D. G. (1997). Cnidarian reproduction: assumptions and their implications. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 151-162
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1913). Zoantharia. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5(4): 1-62.
additional source	Whiteaves J.F. (1901). Catalogue of the marine Invertebrata of eastern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, 722, pp. 1-272.
additional source	Ryland, J. S. (1997). Reproduction in Zoanthidea (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 31(1-3): 177-188
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. 11: 1-72, plates 1-8.
additional source	Seifert, R. (1928). Die Nesselkapseln der Zoantharien und ihre differentialdiagnostische Bedeutung. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 55, 419-500
additional source	Pax, F.; Lochter, H. (1935). Epizoanthus vatovai, eine neue Carcinoecien bildende Krustenanemone der Adria. Note dell'Instituto Italo-Germanico di biologia marina di Rovigno d'Istria, 1, 3-16
additional source	Balss, H. (1924). Über Anpassungen und Symbiose der Paguriden. Eine zusammenfassende übersicht. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere, 1, 752-792
additional source	Tyler, P. A.; Muirhead, A. M.; Colman, J. (1984). Observations on continuous reproduction in large deep-sea epibenthos. Proceedings of the Nineteenth European Marine Biology Symposium: Plymouth, Devon, U. K. 16-21 September, 1984, 223-230
additional source	Verrill, A. E. (1885). Results of the explorations made by the Steamer Albatross off the northern coast of the United States, in 1883. Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington. 11, 503-699, plates 1-43 (begin p.604).

Genbank

Citation

Reimer, J.D.; Sinniger, F. (2025). World List of Zoantharia. Epizoanthus paguriphilus Verrill, 1883. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101036