White Encrusting Zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum

Classification

Sphenopidae [family]

Palythoa [genus] (8)

caribaeorum [species]

Classification

Sphenopidae [family]

Palythoa [genus] (8)

caribaeorum [species]

Names

English name	White Encrusting Zoanthid
Valid name	Palythoa caribaeorum (Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Cnidaria [phylum] Cnidarians
  - Anthozoa [class] Gorgonians, Corals and Anemones
    - Hexacorallia [subclass] Stony Corals
      - Zoantharia [order] Zoanthids
        
        Brachycnemina [suborder]
        
        Sphenopidae [family]
        
        Palythoa Lamouroux, 1816 [genus]
        
        Palythoa caribaeorum (Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860) [species] White Encrusting Zoanthid