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Yellow Cluster Anemone

Parazoanthus axinellae

Classification

Parazoanthus axinellae, commonly known as the yellow cluster anemone, is a zoanthid coral found on the southern Atlantic coasts of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea. Zoanthids differ from true sea anemones, in having a different internal anatomy and in forming true colonies in which the individual animals (polyps) are connected by a common tissue, named coenenchyme. Description The species is yellow or orange in colour and each polyp has twenty-four to thirty-six tentacles disposed in two whorls.

Distribution

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France · 2,729Spain · 484Italy · 62United Kingdom · 50