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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;
Renilla reniformis, the sea pansy, is a species of soft coral in the family Renillidae. [1] It is native to warm continental shelf waters of the Western Hemisphere. [2] [3] It is frequently found washed ashore on North East Florida beaches following northeasterly winds or rough surf conditions.
The latter suborder includes what are commonly known as sea pansies. The earliest accepted sea pen fossils are known from the Cambrian-aged Burgess Shale (Thaumaptilon). Similar fossils from the Ediacaran may show the dawn of sea pens. [3] Precisely what these early fossils are, however, is not decided. [4]
Anthozoans are exclusively marine, and include sea anemones, stony corals, soft corals, sea pens, sea fans and sea pansies. Anthozoa is the largest taxon of cnidarians ; over six thousand solitary and colonial species have been described.
Winter pansies (Viola hiemalis), also known as ice pansies, provide beautiful color in the garden come fall and winter. They come in a range of shades, from blues and purples to reds and pinks ...
Renilla muelleri (also spelled R. mulleri or R. müilleri) is a species of sea pansy.It has been reported from the Gulf Coast of the United States, notably the Florida panhandle, [2] but is also reported from the eastern coast of South America. [3]
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]
They are commonly known as buckeyes, pansies or commodores. This genus flies on every continent except Antarctica and Europe. This genus flies on every continent except Antarctica and Europe. The genus contains roughly 30 to 35 species.