| Schematic view of a transverse section of the late planula of the anthozoan Euphyllia rugosa. |
| It has been proposed that the most recent common ancestor between cnidarians and bilaterians would have been morphologically similar to a pennatulacean anthozoan. |
| One of the basic issues regarding the evolution of anthozoan colors that can be addressed at the present state of knowledge is the basis of intraspecific color variation. |
| When Wotton in 1552 gave to anthozoan corals and gorgonians, and hydrozoans the name Zoophyte, it was because of their morphological similarity to higher plants. |
| Anthozoans are readily available on coral reefs therefore it's not surprising that anthozoan tissue is their main diet. |
| Examples of other colonies are anthozoan soft corals and most reef-forming hard corals. |
