Open violet zoanthid polyps covering the bottom of a rock pool. Port St Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (2021). Polyps tall, with a height of 2-3 times the width, and connected by a thin coenenchyme. Like all Zoanthus species, the polyp column is smooth, never embedded with sand. Column usually violet to grey, with an… Continue reading Violet zoanthid (Zoanthus sansibaricus)
Tag: Cnidaria
Indo-Pacific man-of-war (Physalia utriculus)
Bluebottle washed on the rocks. Cape Agulhas, Western Cape (2020) - iNaturalist Unmistakable with its inflated blue-green float and long trailing tentacles. Float 50 mm long, tentacles up to 10 m long, but contracting to about 30 cm. Floats on the surface of the sea and is vulnerable to being cast ashore by onshore winds.… Continue reading Indo-Pacific man-of-war (Physalia utriculus)
Green button polyp (Palythoa mutuki)
A colony of green button polyps covering the bottom of a rock pool. Port St Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (2021). Polyps are tall and only thinly connected at their bases by underground stems - called stolons. Column brown, embedded with fine sand grains, giving a sandpapery texture. Column trumpet-shaped when expanded. The wide oral… Continue reading Green button polyp (Palythoa mutuki)
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