Species Identification
Back to search
Other identification tools

Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Zoanthidae



(See list of species below)

Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawing(s)



19 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:
No picture found
 
Palythoa caesia
[]
No picture found
 
Palythoa caribaeorum
[White encrusting zoanthid]

Cox, Carol

Western Central Atlantic

Palythoa grandisunspecified

Photo by Cox, Carol
 
Palythoa grandis
[]
No picture found
 
Palythoa heliodiscus
[]
No picture found
 
Palythoa mammillosa
[Knobby zoanthidean]

Modi, Shuanak

Indo-Pacific.

Palythoa mutuki(Haddon & Shackleton, 1891)

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Palythoa mutuki
[]
No picture found
 
Palythoa nigricans
[]
No picture found
 
Palythoa psammophilia
[]
No picture found
 
Palythoa texaensis
[]
No picture found
 
Palythoa toxica
[]
No picture found
 
Palythoa tuberculosa
[Rubbery zoanthid]
No picture found
 
Palythoa variabilis
[]
No picture found
 
Zoanthus alderi
[]
No picture found
 
Zoanthus atroviridis
[]
No picture found
 
Zoanthus gigantus
[]
No picture found
 
Zoanthus kealakekuaensis
[]
No picture found
 
Zoanthus pulchellus
[Mat zoanthid]
No picture found
 
Zoanthus sansibaricus
[Violet zoanthid]
No picture found
 
Zoanthus sociatus
[Green sea mat]


Scientific Name
    • English Name
    • Distribution
    		• Max. Length
    Year



    • Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase


    Identification by pictures:
    If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

    If you already know the Country, go to     Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

    If you already know the Ecosystem, go to     Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.