#zoanthid

[argushatesplanes]

All hail king dorkus supreme

Aka an orange collector crab with a zoanthid as big as himself for a hat

[chimaerabones]

Jellybean picked up the new shell I offered them a few days ago!

[arcticarthropod]

I love these little demon flowers

[beautyunderthewaves]

Blue under the sea 💙

[protectoursharks]

Zoanthid 

Zoanthid corals get their colors from and poison from zoanthoxanthins. This also produces the bright colors, a warning to predators. Their toxin affects the nerves and muscles of animals. 

[montereybayaquarium]

Feast your eyes on these festive underwater fireworks! This thicket of tiny, tentacled tubes is a zoanthid coral tucked snugly to rest, ready to pluck visions of sugarplums—or dashing plankton—dancing overhead.

[crochetbabe]

From Beginning to End

Coralscape 1

[fishproblem]

Can’t stop looking at THIS.

The aquarium community is fucking lit. Online these sell for $20 a polyp and this sweet five polyp-ed baby set me back a whole ten bucks.