Class Anthozoa

Class AnthozoaClass Anthozoa

Subclass Subclass Zoantharia/Order Zoantharia/Order ZoanthideaZoanthidea

Sphenopidae: Palythoa

Sphenopidae: Palythoa

Sphenopidae:Sphenopidae: Protopalythoa Protopalythoa mutukimutuki

Parazoanthidae:Parazoanthidae: Parazoanthus elongatusParazoanthus elongatus

Parazoanthus anguicomus (40-42)

Parazoanthus axinellae Parazoanthus axinellae (30-32 (30-32 tentacles)tentacles)

Thick spongy masses

Epizoanthidae:

Epizoanthus couchii- long, transparent tentacles, 24-32, with small opaque white terminal knob; 12-16 white teeth on the margin

teeth

knob

Order Order ActiniariaActiniaria:: Structure Structure of a sea of a sea anemoneanemone

Metridium senile

Order Actiniaria (sea anemones); Family Metridiidae

Budding in sea anemone (Epiactis prolifera)

Metridium farcimen- large, may reach up to I meter; tentacles extremely numerous

Actinoscyphiidae: Actinoscyphia (Venus Flytrap sea anemone)

Stichodactylidae:

Radianthus magnifica

verrucae

Actiniidae: Urticina eques

Actiniidae: Actiniidae: Urticina Urticina crassicorniscrassicornis

Urticina felina

Burrowing habit; body densely covered with strongly adhesive verrucae; variable color.

Urticina grebelnyi-large, 20 cm high; with nonadhesive vesicles; tentacles with red or

lilac bands.

Actiniidae:

Gyractis verrucosa

Liponematidae:

Liponema brevicornis

Actinostolidae: Antholoba achates- wide pedal disc, short column, numerous short tentacles, elongated mouth.

Aliciidae: Alicia mirabilis

Hormathiidae: Adamsia palliata

Scleractinian polyp, LS

Acropora prolifera

Acropora cervicornis

Agariciidae:

Agaricia agaricites

Agaricia fragilis

Favia fragum

Montastraea faveolata

Montastraea franksi

Fungiidae: Fungia

Family Poritidae

Porites porites

Porites

Pocillopora meandrina

Meandrina meandrites “brain coral”

Order ScleractiniaOrder Scleractinia

Faviidae:

Favites flexuosa

Subclass Ceriantipatharia Subclass Ceriantipatharia Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Pachycerianthus solitarius

Cerianthidae: Pachycerianthus multiplicatus

Antipathes grandis

Antipathes pennacea “Feather black coral”

Subclass Alcyonaria/Subclass Alcyonaria/OrderOrder Alcyonacea Alcyonacea (soft corals)(soft corals)

Diagram of soft coral

Dendronephtya klunzingeri

Anthelia sp.- with pinnate tentacles

Sarcophytyon tenuispiculatum

Lobophyton sp.

Pennatula aculeata

Order PennatulaceaOrder Pennatulacea

Ptilosarcus gurneyi

(orange sea pen)

Tubipora musica

(“Organ pipe coral”)

Isidella tentaculum

Gorgoniidae

Isidella skeleton