Palythoa mutuki

Palythoa mutuki is a species of zoanthid generally found in the Indo-Pacific but also common off the west coast of South America.[1] It occurs at depths ranging between 0 - 28m, being found in both marine and intertidal zones.[1] It was found to hold a higher diversity of associated species than Zoanthus sansibaricus, which inhabits a similar niche.[2] Recent research has indicated that several compounds taken from the ethanolic extract of Palythoa Mutuki have shown strong anti-viral activity towards the dengue virus, which may someday contribute towards a cure for the disease. [3]

Palythoa mutuki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Zoantharia
Family: Sphenopidae
Genus: Palythoa
Species:
P. mutuki
Binomial name
Palythoa mutuki
(Haddon & Shackleton, 1891)

References

  1. "Palythoa mutuki". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. Chakravarty, Myla (2016). "Some animal associates of the zoanthids, Palythoa mutuki (Haddon & Shackeleton, 1891) and Zoanthus sansibaricus (Carlgen, 1990) along rocky shores of Visakhapatnam, India – A check list". International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies. 4: 380–384.
  3. Chang, Fang-Rong; Jin-Ching, Lee; Wu, Yu-Hsuan; Hu, Hao-Chun; Wu, Yang-Chang; Backlund, Anders; Cheng, Yuan-Bin; Chen, Shu-Rong (2016). "Anti-Dengue Virus Constituents from Formosan Zoanthid Palythoa Mutuki". Marine Drugs. 14(8):151. doi:10.3390/md14080151.
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