Image of brown stony coral
Description:
This solitary cup coral, 20 mm, is one of the few 'true' coral species living along the California coast. These carnivorous polyps live in calcium carbonate cups. The stinging structures, nematocysts, can be seen as white beads on the translucent tentacles. Depth 15 m
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Cnidaria (cnidarians)
- Anthozoa (anemones and corals)
- Hexacorallia (hexacorallians)
- Scleractinia (stony corals)
- Caryophylliidae (caryophylliid corals)
- Paracyathus (Blackened cup corals)
- Paracyathus stearnsii (brown stony coral)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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