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

Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ParazoanthusHaddon & Shackleton, 1891accepted genus name

Species group names

Palythoa axinellae Schmidt, 1862 synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Catalan: anèmona incrustant groga sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 English: yellow cluster anemone; yellow commensal zoanthid; yellow encrusting sea anemone sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 French: anémone encroûtante jaune
 German: Gelbe Krustenanemone sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Italian: margherita di mare sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Spanish, Castillian: anémona incrustante amarilla

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Citation

Reimer, J.D.; Sinniger, F. (2025). World List of Zoantharia. Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862). 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:101055

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