Neozoanthus

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Neozoanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Zoantharia
Suborder:	Brachycnemina
Family:	Neozoanthidae Herberts, 1972
Genus:	Neozoanthus Herberts, 1972

Neozoanthus is a genus of corals belonging to the monotypic family Neozoanthidae.

The species of this genus are found in Southern Africa, Australia.

Species:

• Neozoanthus caleyi Reimer, Irei & Fujii, 2012
• Neozoanthus tulearensis Herberts, 1972
• Neozoanthus uchina Reimer, Irei & Fujii, 2012

Morphology

They form small colonies of polyps between 1.5 and 5 mm in diameter and between 2 and 12 mm in height. The oral disc is surrounded by between 28 and 44 tentacles. Their species have a structure similar to that of the sea anemone, characterized by partial encrustations of sand or detritus in the ectoderm, rarely in the mesoglea, a simple muscle of the endodermal sphincter, and without encrustations at the oral end of the polyps.

The color of the oral discs can be white, beige-green, yellow, bluish-gray, or red.

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