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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.
Renilla is a genus of sea pen. ... Sea pansy is a common name for species in this genus. Species. The following species are recognized: [1] Renilla amethystina ...
Sea pens are sometimes brightly coloured; the orange sea pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi) is a notable example. Rarely found above depths of 10 metres (33 ft), sea pens prefer deeper waters where turbulence is less likely to uproot them. Some species may inhabit depths of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) or more.
Sea pens, sea feathers and sea pansies: Ptilosarcus gurneyi: Colonial species taking pinnate, radial or club-like forms. Main axis is a single enlarged and elongated polyp. Has several types of specialist polyp. Azooxanthellate. [10] Worldwide, from lower tidal to 6,000 m (20,000 ft) [12] Ceriantharia: Penicillaria Tube-dwelling anemones ...
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.
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]
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] It is thought to be a euryhaline littoral species, found to a depth of up to 150 meters. [3]
(video) Orange sea pens. Ptilosarcus gurneyi, the orange sea pen or fleshy sea pen, is a species of sea pen in the family Pennatulidae. It is native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean where it lives in deep water anchored by its base in sand or mud. It has received its common name because of its resemblance to a quill in a bottle of ink.