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Created 11/8/2024

Family Discosomidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Rhodactis spp.

Lembeh, Indonesia

 

HAIRY MUSHROOM CORALLIMORPH

Colonial anemones with elaborate tentacles, and a ring of marginal tentacles, compared to Discosoma, with smooth margins.  Several species with variable colors and texture.  Polyps do not retract quickly.  Maximum diameter of 6 inches.  Red Sea to French Polynesia, excluding Hawaii.