species: Platyzoanthus mussoides in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Platyzoanthus mussoides


©Anne Hoggett: Platyzoanthus mussoides at North Direction Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Platyzoanthus mussoides at North Direction Island.

©Anne Hoggett: The larger of two Platyzoanthus mussoides at lagoon bommie, Lizard Island, longest diameter about 5 cm.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Corallimorpharia
Family Discosomidae
Genus Platyzoanthus
Species Platyzoanthus mussoides

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 7 cm (diameter of specimens observed at Lizard Island)

Synonyms

Comments

Platyzoanthus is a monotypic genus described by Saville-Kent from the GBR in 1893 (WORMS accessed 23 Feb 2019).

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


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