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Updated 12/16/2022

Family Sphenopidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Palythoa mutuki 

 

Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

 

Fluorescent, Moku o Loe, Oahu, 3 feet

 


Kahului, Maui, 10 feet

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

  
   

WHITESTRIPE ZOANTHID

Locally common attached to rubble or rock in very shallow water, especially bays.  Yellow or brown polyps 3cm tall and uncrowded, green disc with bold white ray extending from mouth to rim, white knobs between long tentacles, body wall containing sand.  Attains disc diameter of 2cm.  Formerly known as Palythoa psammophilia.  Avoid contact since it may contain deadly Palytoxin.  Persian Gulf to Hawaii.