Anthozoa
Anthozoa (a Graecis ἄνθος 'flos' + ζώα 'animalia', e specie eorum stationis polypodi) sunt classis animalium intra phylum Cnidariorum digestorum. Anthozois, aliorum cnidarianorum dissimilibus, non est statio vitalis medusae. Potius spermatozoa et ova liberant, quae planulam formant, quae vicissim ad quoddam substratum adhaeret, in quo animal crescit. Nonnulla anthozoa se quoque asexualiter reproducere possunt per gemmationem. Sunt plus quam 6100 species descriptae.

Phylogenia 

Anthozoa in tres subclasses dividi possunt: Octocorallia, Hexacorallia, Ceriantharia, quae greges monophyleticos constituunt, variasque in quaque subclassi polyporum structuras late monstrant. Hic autem habes classificationem secundum World Register of Marine Species:
 Subclassis Hexacorallia
 Ordo Actiniaria
 Ordo Antipatharia
 Ordo Ceriantharia
 Ordo Corallimorpharia
 Ordo Rugosa †
 Ordo Scleractinia
 Ordo Zoantharia
 Subclassis Octocorallia
 Ordo Alcyonacea
 Ordo Helioporacea
 Ordo Pennatulacea

Pinacotheca

Notae

Bibliographia 
 Crowther, A. L. 2011. Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834. In Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness, ed. Z.-Q. Zhang. Zootaxa 3148:19–23. PDF.
 Kotrc, Ben. 2005. Anthozoa: Subgroups. Fossil Groups. University of Bristol.
 Oliver W. A., Jr. 1996. Origins and relationships of Paleozoic coral groups and the origin of the Scleractinia. In Paleobiology and Biology of Corals, ed. G. D. J. Stanley, 107–134. Columbi Ohii: The Paleontological Society.
 Stampar, S. N., M. M. Maronna, M. V. Kitahara, J. D. Reimer, et A. C. Morandini. 2014. Fast-Evolving Mitochondrial DNA in Ceriantharia: A Reflection of Hexacorallia Paraphyly? PLoS ONE 9(1):e86612. PMID 24475157. | doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086612. Textus.

Nexus externi 

 
Taxa Ehrenberg
Taxa 1834