anemone fan Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Is there a site or popular book that can help identify the different species of zoanthids? Link to comment
hexbasher Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Mr.Coral.com uses all the proper names Link to comment
GokesReef Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Is there a site or popular book that can help identify the different species of zoanthids? Zooanthus sp. and Palythoa sp. That's it. Link to comment
Aquanist Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Zoanthus sp. Epizoanthus sp. Parazoanthus sp. Acrozoanthus sp. Palythoa sp. Protopalythoa sp. Isaurus sp. For a book 1st that comes to my mind is Aquarium Corals. Selection, Husbandry and Natural History by Eric Borneman Link to comment
anemone fan Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 I want to get down to the species. Link to comment
Aquanist Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Majority isn't officially classified so they're just one of the aforementioned sp. Link to comment
Lalani Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 +1 to Aquanist Maybe you're asking about the brand names ie Whamming Watermelon, Blue Hornet, Fruit Loops, etc.? Check http://www.coralpedia.com/. Link to comment
anemone fan Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 No, I want scientific names, there has to be some way to identify the species of Zoanthid you have. I'm guessing it is going to come down to molecular identification... ex: Zoanthus sociathus, Zoanthus coppingeri, Zoanthus gigantus, Zoanthus kuroshio. Perhaps something that involved polyp diameter, tentacle count, and mesentary counts? I would mind sacrificing a few to count their mesentaries. Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Mr.Coral.com uses all the proper names HAHAHA WIN Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I think the majority of what we call palys are actually fall under the category of zoanthus gigantis. Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 There was a great article last year in Coral about Zoanthus (the genus) taxonomy by Colin Foord: Major Indo-Pacific species collected: Z. sansibaricus and Z. vietnamensis - closely related, often shallow water, create a mat of connected polyps (often marketed as "japanese deepwater") Z. gigantus - deeper/offshore waters 1-2 cm across, double ring of tentacles, fluorescent green mouth ("people eaters") Caribbean species: Z. sociatus - shallow form (mats with large mint-green polyps) and deeper form (5 mm diameter blue/green/purple polyps spaced apart, some with yellow centers/rings giving rise to "hornets/alien eyes" names) unidentified variety 2 - similar to Z. gigantus (incl. "purple people eaters" from Florida) unidentified variety 3 - "lotus eaters" similar to "people eaters" except fast growers and white mouth slits unidentified variety 4 - similar to Z. sociatus except it is immune to Zoa Pox Link to comment
GokesReef Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 No, I want scientific names, there has to be some way to identify the species of Zoanthid you have. I'm guessing it is going to come down to molecular identification... ex: Zoanthus sociathus, Zoanthus coppingeri, Zoanthus gigantus, Zoanthus kuroshio. Perhaps something that involved polyp diameter, tentacle count, and mesentary counts? I would mind sacrificing a few to count their mesentaries. The problem is, even when you get down to the species, there is still variation. Link to comment
anemone fan Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 The problem is, even when you get down to the species, there is still variation. Do they really shoot the office in Scranton? Link to comment
GokesReef Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Not shot here, but lots of local references. All the menus, posters, bumper stickers, pizza boxes and the like are from real local businesses. They do quite a good job of making it legit. The only thing that's a bit off is that there isn't a Chili's around here, and in the first few seasons, they went to one a few times. Link to comment
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