Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Cnidaria - (Class) Anthozoa

Current position

Zoantharia (Subclass) de Blainville, 1830

Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 130.

Alternative positions

Anthozoa (Class) Ehrenberg, 1831	Ref: B.C. Das, 2007: 21.
Hexacorallia (Subclass) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: J. van der Land & J.H. den Hartog, 2001: 106.
Hexaradiata (Subclass)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 593.

Historical positions

Anthozoa (Class) Ehrenberg, 1831	Ref: B.C. Das, 2007: 21.
Zoantharia (Subclass) de Blainville, 1830	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 130-132.
Anthozoa (Class) Ehrenberg, 1831	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 50.
Hexacorallia (Subclass) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: J. van der Land & J.H. den Hartog, 2001: 106.
Zoantharia (Subclass) de Blainville, 1830	Ref: 1998
Hexacorallia (Subclass) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Zoantharia (Subclass) de Blainville, 1830	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Zoantharia (Subclass) de Blainville, 1830	Ref: D.F. Dunn, 1982: 694.
Hexacorallia (Subclass) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Hexaradiata (Subclass)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 593.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	46f;149g;93s;8v
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	41f200g800s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~41f
1982	D.F. Dunn: 694	41f200g800s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~1,000s