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Giant Sun Polyp

Palythoa

Photo by sttweets
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Spotted in the Amsterdam zoo.

Reference Links:

Giant Sun Polyp, Protopalythoa grandis, Sun Zoanthid Information and Zoanthid C…

Species ID Suggestions

Button Polyp

Protopolythoa sp.

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Eric Noora
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Comments (4)
Eric Noora
Glad to help @sttweets. Still not sure though of the exact species and will try to do some more research. Hope to find a similar one during our next dive weekend. Love your photo sets as well :-)
sttweets
@Eric Noora, Thanks, I'll check it out and will update the ID
Sa
This is incredible..shape and colors
Eric Noora
Other interesting reads :-) http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/799_Protopalythoa_sp.%2004.htm http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reef/zoanthids/ProtopalythoaGrandis.php

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring

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PublishedAugust 17, 2011

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