Paracorynactis is a genus of corallimorphs from the western Indo-West Pacific. They are specialized predators of echinoderms, and are notable for preying on the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) among others. The genus is monotypic with the single species, Paracorynactis hoplites.
the single species, Paracorynactis hoplites. Paracorynactis hoplites is the only species classified under the genus Paracorynactis. It belongs to the family...
"Feeding biology and symbiotic relationships of the Corallimorpharian Paracorynactis hoplites (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology...
1877 -- 6 species Genus Corynactis Allman, 1846 -- 14 species Genus Paracorynactis Ocaña, den Hartog, Brito & Bos, 2010 -- 1 species Family Discosomidae...
urchins with no apparent adverse effects is the predatory corallimorph Paracorynactis hoplites. However it is unknown if flower urchins are among its natural...
observed sheltering in the tentacles of the hoplites corallimorph (Paracorynactis hoplites), with no apparent adverse effects from the stinging cells...
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