#hexacorallia

[snototter]

Two colored star coral (Dipsastraea speciosa) in Pulau Bangka, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

by scubaluna

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Rock flower anemone!

Have you seen the red beaded anemone (Phymanthus crucifer)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onMay 25

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Cnidarian Finale

Hydrozoa. This class is of predatory cnidarians, some of which are colonial, incllude hydras and the Portuguese Man o' War

Hexacorallia. This class is made up of aquatic animals with 6-fold symmetry. It includes stony corals and sea anemones

Which clade of animals is better?

Hydrozoa

Hexacorallia

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Voting ended onApr 18, 2024

[saritawolf]

Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[every-day-creechur]

Deltocyathus rotulus

A species of stony coral found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

image by 戴昌鳳

[terranlifeform]

Ringed plate coral (Pachyseris sp.) at Pulau Bangka in Indonesia

scubaluna

[creatureimages]

the ball

[parakaryote]

ACTUALLY catching up with Invertober, days 10 and 12 — 15: magnificent sea anemone, Japanese spider crab, early bumblebee, redwood sideband snail, and comet moth!

Reference for the bumblebee

[Image descriptions: Five digital drawings of different invertebrates. All of them have the common name written above and the taxonomic classification (sans kingdom) written below. The background is light blue for the first two and light green on the rest.

Image 1: A magnificent sea anemone. It has a wide pink body and dull green tentacles, and is roughly fan-shaped. Text below: Cnidaria • Hexacorallia • Actiniaria • Stichodactylidae • Heteractis magnifica

Image 2: A Japanese spider crab. It has a red body and very long red-and-white legs. Text below: Arthropoda • Malacostraca • Decapoda • Inachidae • Macrocheira kaempferi

Image 3: An early bumblebee. It is yellow with two large black spots instead of stripes. Text below: Arthropoda • Insecta • Hymenoptera • Apidae • Bombus pratorum

Image 4: A redwood sideband snail. Its shell is dark purple on the outside and light yellow on the inside with a light purple rim, and its body is dark brown. Text below: Mollusca • Gastropoda • Stylomattophora • Xanthonychidae • Monadenia infumata

Image 5: A comet moth. It has greenish-yellow wings with brown eyespots and dark brown edges. The top wings have wavy and dotted markings, and the hind wings have long “tails” (brown with greenish-yellow tips) coming off of them. The body and head are yellow, and it has wide, feather-like brown antennae. Text below: Arthropoda • Insecta • Lepidoptera • Saturniidae • Argema mittrei

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