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Family: Parazoanthidae (See list of species below)

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10 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Antipathozoanthus tubus []	No picture found Bergia cutressi []	No picture found Isozoanthus bulbosus [Bulbous zoanthid]
No picture found Mesozoanthus fossii [Fossi's encrusting anemone]	Parazoanthus axinellae []	No picture found Parazoanthus elongatus [Yellow encrusting anemone]
No picture found Parazoanthus lucificum [Luminescent parazoanthid]	No picture found Parazoanthus parasiticus [Sponge zoanthid]	Parazoanthus swiftii []
No picture found Savalia savaglia []

10 Species of Family Parazoanthidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Antipathozoanthus tubus		Northwest Pacific
Bergia cutressi		Western Central Atlantic
Isozoanthus bulbosus	Bulbous zoanthid	Northern Atlantic and the
Mesozoanthus fossii	Fossi's encrusting anemone	Southeast Pacific
Parazoanthus axinellae		Atlantic and the Mediterr	4 TL
Parazoanthus elongatus	Yellow encrusting anemone	Southeast Pacific
Parazoanthus lucificum	Luminescent parazoanthid	Eastern Pacific	1.2 H
Parazoanthus parasiticus	Sponge zoanthid	Western Central Atlantic
Parazoanthus swiftii		Atlantic Ocean
Savalia savaglia		Atlantic and the Mediterr

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