Parazoanthus axinellae
| Yellow Cluster Anemone | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Subclass: | Zoantharia |
| Order: | Zoanthidea |
| Family: | Parazoanthidae |
| Genus: | Parazoanthus |
| Species: | P. axinellae |
| Binomial name | |
| Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862)[1] | |
Parazoanthus axinellae, the Yellow Cluster Anemone is a zoanthid coral found on the southern Atlantic coasts of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea. Zoanthids differ from true sea anemones, in having a different internal anatomy and in forming true colonies in which the individual animals (polyps) are connected by a common tissue, called the coenenchyme. The species is yellow or orange in colour with 24 to 36 tentacles disposed in two rows. The polyps are 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter and 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in height.
A colony of little individuals connected by coenochyme
References
- ↑ Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
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