Colonial Polyps

Button Polyps

	Green Button Polyps Zooanthus pulchellus Elongated stalk with flat oral disc. A row of tenticles radiates from the disks outer edge.
	Brown Button Polyps Zooanthus sociatus Elongated stalk with flat oral disc. A row of tenticles radiates from the disks outer edge.
	Candy Polyps Zooanthus grandis Elongated stalk with a large flat oral disc. A row of tenticles radiates from the disks outer edge.
	Yellow Polyps  Parazooanthus grandis Tall narrow stalk with an elongated oral disk and tenticles
Sea Mat
	Sea Mat Palythoa tuberculosa A thick encrusting base with polyps embedded within tissue. As polyps open up the tenticles protrude beyond its surface
Mushrooms
	Fuzzy Mushrooms Rhodactis sp. Large oral disks with many small branching tenticles. Outer rim usually has numerous tenticle like extensions.
	Metalic Mushrooms Discosoma sp. Short based radiating into a very large oral disk. Colors range from Green, red, to blue and purple. Oral disks can be smooth, striped, or pimply.
Star Polyps
	Green Star Polyps  Clavularia ( Briareum ) viridis An encrusting purple base with numerous polyps extending from it. Each polyp is tall, narrow and has tenticles radiating from it. As the base, or mat, spreads new polyps extend from it.
	Silver Star Polyps  Clavularia ( Briareum ) sp. An encrusting purple base with numerous polyps extending from it. Each polyp is tall, narrow and has tenticles radiating from it. As the base, or mat, spreads new polyps extend from it.
Xenia
	Waving Hand Poylps Xenia sp. Columnar base with braching elongated polyps. This species of xenia generally does not pulse.
	Pulsing Xenia Xenia elongata Columnar base with braching elongated polyps. This species polyps will open and close ( pulse ).

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