Global InformationPalythoa toxica information
| Palythoa toxica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Zoantharia |
| Family: | Sphenopidae |
| Genus: | Palythoa |
| Species: | P. toxica
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| Binomial name | |
| Palythoa toxica Walsh & Bowers, 1971[1][2]
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Palythoa toxica, also referred to by its Hawaiian common name, limu-make-o-Hana ('seaweed of death from Hana'), is a species of zoanthid native to Hawaii.[3] It is notable as the species in which palytoxin was discovered and from which it was first isolated.[4]
- ^ Gerald E., Walsh; Bowers, Ralph L. (1971). "A review of Hawaiian zoanthids with descriptions of three new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 50 (2): 161–180. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1971.tb00757.x.
- ^ Reimer, James Davis (2015). "Palythoa toxica Walsh & Bowers, 1971". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ Morton, Bruce E. "Palytoxin: History and Prehistory". University of Hawaii School of Medicine. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ Clayden, J., Greeves, N. (2000), pages 19–21