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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Marine Biology Volume 2012, Article ID 856079, 14 pages doi:10.1155/2012/856079 Research Article Species Diversity of Shallow Water Zoanthids (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in Florida James Davis Reimer,1, 2 Colin Foord,3 and Yuka Irei4 1 Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Rising Star Program, Transdisciplinary Research Organization for Subtropical Island Studies (TRO-SIS), University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan 2 Marine Biodiversity Research Program, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan 3 Coral Morphologic Aquaculture Research Lab, 800 NW 7th Avehve Miami, FL 33136, USA 4 Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering and Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan Correspondence should be addressed to James Davis Reimer, jreimer@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp Received 22 March 2012; Accepted 25 May 2012 Academic Editor: Pei-Yuan Qian Copyright © 2012 James Davis Reimer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Shallow water zooxanthellate zoanthids are a common component of the coral reef ecosystems of the Caribbean. Despite this, their species diversity remains poorly understood. In this study, collected Palythoa, Zoanthus, Isaurus, and Terrazoanthus specimens from the waters of Florida were phylogenetically examined to obtain a better understanding of zoanthid species diversity in the