Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Sea Mat
Palythoa tuberculosa
Sea Mat
Category: Zoanthids
Scientific Name: Palythoa tuberculosa
Size: Polyps 0.3 in.  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, French Polynesia
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Hexacorallia (Class)
  └Zoantharia (Order)
   └Brachycnemina (Suborder)
    └Sphenopidae (Family)
     └Palythoa (Genus)
      └P. tuberculosa (Species)
WoRMS ID: 220520🔗
iNaturalist ID: 195491🔗

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