#zoanthids

[fishyy-stims]

Orange zoanthids | source 🪸

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[sitting-on-me-bum]

Zoanthids glowing in UV light on the Malabar Hill rocky shore in Mumbai, India. A group of sealife enthusiasts is documenting a wealth of species thriving in the shadow of India’s most populous city, from glowing coral to octopuses

Photograph: Sarang Naik

[rowanclair]

Summer pattern challenge days 7 & 8 - Coral 🪸🐠

This was a challenge at first but really fun. Part of the challenge actually came from just how many beautiful types of coral there are and how much life coral reefs support, it was hard to pick what to focus on... I'm very pleased with how it came out, though!

[noaasanctuaries]

We've got everything in your Sanctuaries from A to Zoanthid!

The stunning beauty of National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa does not end at the depth the light reaches. There is real beauty to be found in the deep. Take a look at this yellow zoanthid (a close relative to corals and anemones) found colonizing the skeleton of an octocoral in the deep blue waters of American Samoa.

Learn more about the creatures of NMSAS here: americansamoa.noaa.gov

Image: Yellow zoanthids colonizing the base of a dead golden octocoral skeleton. Several living colonies of golden octocorals in the background. (Courtesy of the Office of Exploration and Research)

[lionfloss]

Captain America Palythoas

[extremecorals]

4.5X4 XL INDO ZOANTHIDS COLONY

[teapalm]

My Zoas! Just joined the reefing community :’)

[paws-gills-and-polyps]

As requested by @letsgetsalty. Needs a little love still, going to move some more zoas over from the grow out. All the inverts except for Godzilla (cleaner shrimp) were hiding. He's probably going to go in the grow out, but he came from a tank that was infested with velvet so he's got to stay in the 4g for several months.