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Sea pansy is a common name for species in this genus. Species. The following species are recognized: [1] Renilla amethystina Verrill, 1864;
Sea pens are grouped with the octocorals together with sea whips , but there has been only one molecular study focusing on the phylogenetic relationships within the order Pennatulacea, which mainly treated deep-sea species, and thus information on shallow water species is still lacking.
Sand dollars (also known as sea cookies or snapper biscuits in New Zealand and Brazil, or pansy shells in South Africa) are species of flat, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida. Some species within the order, not quite as flat, are known as sea biscuits. Sand dollars can also be called "sand cakes" or "cake urchins". [2]
The two main subclasses of Anthozoa are the Hexacorallia, members of which have six-fold symmetry and includes the stony corals, sea anemones, tube anemones and zoanthids; and the Octocorallia, which have eight-fold symmetry and includes the soft corals and gorgonians (sea pens, sea fans and sea whips), and sea pansies.
This is a list of official state shells for those states of the United States that have chosen to select one as part of their state insignia. [1] In 1965, North Carolina was the first state to designate an official state shell, the Scotch bonnet. Since then, 14 other states have designated an official state shell.
The male upper side is bright yellow. The costa of the forewing has a broad triangular jet-black projection downwards at the discocellulars, and the dorsum has a triangular projection upwards near the tornus; this black margin narrows near the middle of the termen and bears on the apex two short transverse preapical white streaks crossed by the black veins.
With over 11 million gallons, the largest aquarium in the United States is the Georgia Aquarium. [1] [2]This is a list of existing public aquariums [3] in the United States, some of which are unaccredited.
Christiansburg (formerly Hans Meadows) is a town in the southwestern portion of the commonwealth of Virginia, in the county of Montgomery.It has served as the seat of government for the county since 1792 when it was formally recognized by the Virginia General Assembly. [6]