For #OctocoralFriday, here’s a… sorry, false alarm

Plectranthias nazcae! KaiTheFishGuy

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Really neat zoantharians on a glass sponge? wonder if that's what our nudi friend is eating...

Cynarina coral timelapse in the Coral Morphologic lab / studio #timelapse #coralmorphologic #miami

Dofleinia armata (striped anemone) - Broome. Its body is covered with nematocysts (stinging cells). Each n-cyst is loaded with neurotoxins that interfere with the nervous system by switching off electrical signals in the cells. No comm's b/w cells leads to paralysis ☠️ look out🦀

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Love this blotchy boi.

Anemonefish are better taxonomists than humans. Scientists reveal new lineages of giant sea anemones in Japan and their surprising associations with anemonefish. oist.jp/news-center/ne…

Ethereal deepwater stoloniferous octocoral for #OctocoralFriday

Leptoseris at Salas y Gomez.

My latest piscine musings over Reef Builders … what even is Meiacanthus atrodorsalis??? 🤯

めっちゃきれいなの見つけた

Here Joe Rowlett takes a deep dive into Saron #shrimp and identifies at least 28 species from only four valid ones! reefbuilders.com/2024/06/10/an-…

What a lovely fossil.

CO1 phylogeny of Siganus

This fish looks like a doofus

タマサンゴ。軟体の部分が伸長するのですね。初めてみました‼️写真は同じ個体です。