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Updated 6/10/2022

Family Sphenopidae

WESTERN ATLANTIC

Palythoa caribaeorum 

Nine-foot Stake, Key West, FL, 25 feet

 

Fluorescent, Benwood wreck, Key Largo, 40 feet

 

Jardines de la Reina, Cuba, 6 feet

 



Looe Key, FL, 10 feet
  
   

WHITE ENCRUSTING ZOANTHID

Abundant on shallow reefs exposed to surge.  Fused rubbery sheets, color ranges from white to yellow, gray or brown.  Avoid contact since it may contain deadly Palytoxin.  Florida to Brazil.