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Phylum: Cnidaria: Class: ... Family: Renillidae Gray, 1870: Genus: Renilla Lamarck, 1816: Renilla is a genus of sea pen. ... Sea pansy is a common name for species in ...
The sea pens' ability to be clumped together and spatially unpredictable hinders sea stars' predation abilities. [9] When touched, some sea pens emit a bright greenish light; this is known as bioluminescence. They may also force water out of their bodies for defence, rapidly deflating and retreating into their peduncle.
The name "Anthozoa" comes from the Greek words άνθος (ánthos; "flower") and ζώα (zóa; "animals"), hence ανθόζωα (anthozoa) = "flower animals", a reference to the floral appearance of their perennial polyp stage. [1] Anthozoans are exclusively marine, and include sea anemones, stony corals, soft corals, sea pens, sea fans and ...
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]
The garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) is a type of polychromatic large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. [2] It is derived by hybridization from several species in the section Melanium ("the pansies") [3] of the genus Viola, particularly V. tricolor, a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease.
The diamondback tritonia preys on soft corals including sea pens, sea pansies, and sea whips. [10] They feed on the young of these organisms as they are smaller and easier to consume. [ 11 ] More specifically, the diamondback tritonia is the only known predator to the polyps of Discophyton rudyi, which are small, colony-forming soft corals ...
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.
Aiptasia is a widely distributed genus of temperate and tropical sea anemones of benthic lifestyle typically found living on mangrove roots and hard substrates. These anemones, as well as many other cnidarian species, often contain symbiotic dinoflagellate unicellular algae of the genus Symbiodinium living inside nutritive cells.