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{{Short description|Genus of corals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Zoanthus-dragon-eye.jpg
| image_caption = Captive colony of an unidentified ''Zoanthus'' species
| taxon = Zoanthus
| authority = [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lamarck]], 1801
}}
'''''Zoanthus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[anthozoans]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Zoanthidae]]. It is the type genus for its family and order.
==Species==
The following species are recognized in the genus ''Zoanthus'':<ref>(2018). Zoanthus Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206284 on 2018-08-28</ref>
* ''[[Zoanthus coppingeri]]'' <small>Haddon & Shackleton, 1891</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus durbanensis]]'' <small>Carlgren, 1938</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus gigantus]]'' <small>Reimer & Tsukahara in Reimer, Ono, Iwama, Takishita, Tsukahara & Maruyama, 2006</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus kealakekuaensis]]'' <small>Walsh & Bowers, 1971</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus kuroshio]]'' <small>Reimer & Ono in Reimer, Ono, Iwama, Takishita, Tsukahara & Maruyama, 2006</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus mantoni]]'' (may be synonymous with ''[[Zoanthus coppingeri]]'')<ref name="WORMS_mantoni">{{cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Zoanthus mantoni |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288835 |website=www.marinespecies.org |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Zoanthus natalensis]]'' <small>Carlgren, 1938</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus praelongus]]'' <small>Carlgren, 1954</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus pulchellus]]'' <small>(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus robustus]]'' <small>Carlgren, 1950</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus sansibaricus]]'' <small>Carlgren, 1900</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus sociatus]]'' <small>(Ellis, 1768)</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus solanderi]]'' <small>Le Sueur, 1818</small>
* ''[[Zoanthus vietnamensis]]'' <small>Pax & Müller, 1957</small>
==Aquaria==
[[File:Zoanthus polyps.jpg|thumb|]]
Zoanthids are prized in the aquarium hobby, being relatively easy to raise and very colorful. Known as "button polyps" or "zoas" they can spread to completely cover a rock with brightly colored circular patterns. It also exhibits proteins similar to [[green fluorescent protein]].
==See also==
*[[Norzoanthamine]]
==References==
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