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Updated 6/4/2020

Family Parazoanthidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Savalia lucifica

Italian Gardens, Catalina Is., CA, 35 feet

LUMINESCENT or YELLOW ZOANTHID

Epifaunal on the Golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, at scuba depths.  Colonization leads to death of host gorgonian.  Tentacles glow when disturbed.  Formerly known as Parazoanthus lucificum.  British Columbia to Southern California.