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Giant Sun Polyp

Palythoa

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Habitat:

Spotted in the Amsterdam zoo.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Eric Noora
Eric Noora 12 years ago
Button Polyp
Protopolythoa sp. The Zoanthids: Sea Mats, Yellow Polyps, and Button Polyps by James W. Fatherree, M.Sc.


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4 Comments

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 12 years ago

Glad to help @sttweets. Still not sure though of the exact species and will try to do some more research. Hope to find a similar one during our next dive weekend. Love your photo sets as well :-)

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sttweets
sttweets 12 years ago

@Eric Noora, Thanks, I'll check it out and will update the ID

Sa
Sa 12 years ago

This is incredible..shape and colors

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 12 years ago

Other interesting reads :-)

http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/799_Protopa...
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reef/zoa...

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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Spotted on Aug 5, 2011
Submitted on Aug 17, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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