Molecular examination of rocky shore brachycnemic zoantharians (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) and their Symbiodinium symbionts (Dinophyceae) in the southwest Indian Ocean

The order Zoantharia Rafinesque, 1815 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): supraspecific classification and nomenclature

“…Article 23.9.1.2 of the Code is fulfilled as the family-group name Sphenopidae Hertwig, 1882, is in current and widespread usage, as evidenced by the 30 publications by 99 different authors over the past 34 years using Sphenopidae as a valid name for the taxon it denotes (viz., Nagabhushanam and Jothinayagam 1982: 17; Ryland et al 2000: 191, 192; Ryland and Lancaster 2003: 407, 409, 415; Ryland and Lancaster 2004: 180; Ryland and Westphalen 2004: 411; Ryland et al 2004: 1195, 1197; Acosta et al 2005: 147–149, 151, 154, 160; Sinniger et al 2005: 1122, 1125, 1126; Daly et al 2007: 144; Sinniger et al 2008: 1254, 1256, 1257; Fautin and Daly 2009: 356; Del Mónaco et al 2010: 360; Reimer and Sinniger 2010: 251; Reimer et al 2010c: 606, 616; Swain 2010: 2592; Reimer et al 2011a: 983, 985, 987, 989, 991, 992; Cavallari et al 2012: 25; Longo et al 2012: [1]; Palmer et al 2012: 3880; Reimer et al 2012b: 43, 45, 47, 49; Rodríguez-Viera et al 2012: 32; Costello et al 2013: [2]; Fujii and Reimer 2013: 510, 516; Krishna and Gophane 2013: 210; Koupaei et al 2014: 64; Alencar et al 2015: 1113, 1114, 1121; Irei et al 2015: 1, 2, 4, 6, 14–16, 20; Qin et al 2015: 100; De la Cruz-Francisco et al 2016: 24; Fujii and Reimer 2016: 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20; Risi and Macdonald 2016: 113).…”