Palythoa
Palythoa is a genus of anthozoans in the order Zoantharia.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Green Button Polyp
speciesPalythoa mutuki
Sea Mat
speciesPalythoa tuberculosa
Caribbean Sea Mat
speciesPalythoa caribaeorum
Brown Colonial Anemone
speciesPalythoa grandiflora
Sunray zoanthid
speciesPalythoa heliodiscus
Seaweed of Death from Hana
speciesPalythoa toxica
Palythoa grandis
speciesPalythoa grandis
Palythoa mizigama
speciesPalythoa mizigama
Atlantic Encrusting Zoanthid
speciesPalythoa variabilis
Columnar Sandy Zoanthid
speciesPalythoa nelliae
Palythoa caesia
speciesPalythoa caesia
Palythoa ignota
speciesPalythoa ignota
Palythoa yongei
speciesPalythoa yongei
Squat Sandy Zoanthid
speciesPalythoa natalensis
Palythoa densa
speciesPalythoa densa
Palythoa mammillosa
speciesPalythoa mammillosa
Palythoa heideri
speciesPalythoa heideri
Palythoa canariensis
speciesPalythoa canariensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Palythoa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54438.