Type species.

Taxon classification

Animalia

Kise

Hiroki

Reimer

James Davis

Iguchi

Akira

Ise

Yuji

Tsuchida

Shinji

Fujiwara

Yoshihiro

Parazoanthidae

(

Cnidaria

Zoantharia

) associated with glass sponges on the Nishi-Shichito Ridge, northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species

Zookeys271220241221343362

10.3897/zookeys.1221.131258

Genus

06E67587-080B-56D6-8189-5AEABE104B5B

Vitrumanthus

Kise, Montenegro & Reimer, 2022

Type species.

Vitrumanthusschrieri Kise, Montenegro & Reimer, 2022.

Diagnosis.

Parazoanthidae characterized by obligate symbiotic relationship with massive hexasterophoran and Demospongiae sponges. Preserved polyps 0.3–3.1 mm in length, 0.8–3.4 mm in diameter. Azooxanthellate. Cyclically transitional marginal musculature.