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Coral Reef Animals of The World

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Pet Care Information - Coral Reef Anemones - Tube and Sea Anemones Giant Clams - Hippopus and Tridacna Clams Gorgonians Leather Corals Mushroom Anemones Soft Corals Stony Corals LPS - Large Polyp Stony Corals Stony Corals SPS - Small Polyp Stony Corals Zoanthids Coral Reefs Articles 3rd Annual Coral Conference and Frag Swap - Anemone: Sea Anemone and Tube Anemone - Often called flowers of the sea, they are quite varied and beautiful, but are actually animals! Reef Tanks - Mini-Reef Aquarium Basics - Reign of Terror! - "Say Hello to My Little Friend" - Get some laughs with this seriously funny care sheet on the Aiptasia Glass Anemones!	Aquatic Passion Photo of the Month Winner! Congratulations to Domenique for this cool photo of a Blue Acara Aequidens pulcherThe Blue Acara is an old time favorite as they spawn easily and make excellent parents, taking very good care of their fry! Photo of the Month Check out the Aquatic Passion POTM!

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Types of Coral Reef Animals

Zoanthids
	Zoanthids - Types Green Button Polyps - Zoanthus sp. Sea Mats - Palythoa sp. Yellow Polyps - Parazoanthus gracilis

Anemones
Anemones - Tube and Sea Anemones Anemones - Tube and Sea Anemones - Types Adhesive Sea Anemone - Cryptodendrum adhaesivum Bali Fire Anemone - Megalactis hemprichi Banded Tube Anemone - Pachycerianthus maua Beaded Sea Anemone - Heteractis aurora Beadlet Anemone - Actinia equina Brown Glass Anemone - Aiptasia pallida Bubble Tip Anemone - Entacmaea quadricolor Burrowing Tube Anemone - Pachycerianthus fimbriatus Caribbean Carpet Anemone - Stichodactyla helianthus Christmas Anemone - Urticina crassicornis Condy Anemone - Condylactis gigantea Curlique Anemone - Bartholomea annulata Dahlia Anemone - Urticina felina Delicate Sea Anemone - Heteractis malu Fish Eating Anemone - Urticina piscivora Giant Carpet Anemone - Stichodactyla gigantea Giant Green Anemone - Anthopleura xanthogrammica Giant White-Plumed Anemone - Metridium giganteum Glass Anemone - Aiptasia pulchella Hell's Fire Anemone - Actinodendron plumosum Long Tentacle Anemone - Macrodactyla doreensis Magnificent Sea Anemone - Heteractis magnifica Manjano Anemone - Anemonia manjano Merten's Carpet Anemone - Stichodactyla mertensii North American Tube Anemone - Ceriantheopsis americanus North Sea Tube Anemone - Cerianthus lloydii Painted Anemone - Urticina grebelnyi Pink-Tipped Anemone - Condylactis passiflora Red Beaded Anemone - Phymanthus crucifer Saddle Anemone - Stichodactyla haddoni Sebae Anemone - Heteractis crispa Small Rock Anemone - Aiptasia diaphana Trumpet Anemone - Aiptasia mutabilis Tube Anemone - Cerianthus membranaceus White-Spotted Rose Anemone - Urticina lofotensis Articles Aiptasia Pests - Getting Rid of Glass Anemones - Aiptasia grow like weeds, take over the reef tank, and are very hard to control! A variety of approaches include chemical controls to using sea anemone predators. Aiptasia Sea Anemone Facts - Aiptaisa means beautiful, and they can be... but they can be also reek havoc on reef tanks! Meet the Aiptasia sea anemone species and discover the pros and cons of Aiptasia in captivity Clown Fish Anemone: 10 Clownfish Hosting Sea Anemone Species - Sea anemone facts about the 10 types of anemones that host clownfish, the ones that are hardy aquarium anemones, and a buy sea anemone checklist! Nettle Anemones - Urticina means nettle, a stinging plant. Like all sea anemones they do have a sting, but the Urticina cold water sea anemones have much more... being very beautiful they are known as flowers of the sea! Tube Anemone or Burrowing Sea Anemone - Sea anemone facts about tube dwelling anemones, a different animal than the true anemones!

Corallimorphs
Mushroom Anemones Mushroom Anemones - Types Bubble Mushroom - Discosoma sanctithomae Bullseye Mushroom - Rhodactis inchoata Elephant Ear Mushroom - Rhodactis mussoides Florida False Coral - Ricordea florida Forked Tentacled Mushroom - Discosoma carlgreni Giant Cup Mushroom - Amplexidiscus fenestrafer Green Fuzzy Mushroom - Discosoma howesii Green Hairy Mushroom - Rhodactis indosinensis Green Metallic Mushroom - Actinodiscus malaccensis Knobby False Coral - Ricordea yuma Metallic Blue Mushroom - Actinodiscus coerulea Mushroom Coral - Actinodiscus punctata Purple Hairy Mushroom - Rhodactis rhodostoma Purple Mushroom - Actinodiscus nummiformis Radiating Mushroom Coral - Actinodiscus striata Red Mushroom - Actinodiscus cardinalis Red Striped Mushroom - Actinodiscus ferrugatus Speckled Mushroom - Actinodiscus mutabilis Strawberry Anemone - Corynactis californica Umbrella Mushroom - Discosoma neglecta Wagon Wheel Mushroom - Actinodiscus marmoratus Articles Mushroom Coral Information - Mushroom Corals have features of both sea anemones and stony corals, but lack a skeleton and long feeding tentacles!

Giant Clams
Giant Clams - Hippopus and Tridacna Clams Giant Clams - Hippopus and Tridacna Clams - Types Crocea Clams - Tridacna crocea Derasa Clams - Tridacna derasa Gigas Clam - Giant Clam - Tridacna gigas Hippopus Clam - Hippopus hippopus Maxima Clams - Tridacna maxima Squamosa Clams - Tridacna squamosa Articles Care of Tridacnid Clams - Giant Clam Care, Clam facts about the Care of Tridacnid Clams starts with what to know about giant clams for sale, the reef aquarium setup and lighting, placing clams in the reef tank, feeding and caring for them, and watching out for hitchhikers, predators and pests! Tridacnid Clams Ailments - Giant Clam Ailments, Friends and Enemies. Facts about clams predators, hitchhikers, pests, and diseases - everything from pesky fish, snails and crabs, to clam worms, mantis shrimp, and Protozoans!

Octocorals - Soft Corals
Gorgonians Gorgonians - Types Finger Sea Fan Purple Bush Sea Fan Leather Corals Leather Corals - Types Cabbage Coral Common Toadstool Coral Devils' Finger Coral Soft Corals Soft Corals - Types Blue Fire Coral - Heliopora coerulea Colt Coral - Alcyonium sp. Green Star Polyps - Briareum violacea Purple Sponge Coral - Briarium asbestinum Waving Hand Coral - Clavularia sp.

Stony Corals
Stony Corals LPS Large Polyp Stony Corals Stony Corals LPS - Types Bubble Coral - Plerogyra sinuosa Candycane Coral - Caulastrea furcata Elegance Coral - Catalaphyllia jardinei Fox Coral - Nemenzophyllia turbida Frogspawn Coral - Euphyllia divisa Galaxy Coral - Galaxea fascicularis Hammer Coral - Euphyllia fimbriata Pearl Coral - Plerogyra flexuosa Plate Coral - Heliofungia actiniformis Slipper coral - Polyphyllia sp. Trumpet Coral - Caulastrea echinulata Stony Corals SPS Small Polyp Stony Corals Stony Corals SPS - Types Antler Coral - Acropora microphthalma Bird's Nest Coral - Seriatopora hystrix Boulder Coral - Porites Porites sp. Cabbage Coral - Montipora foliosa Cauliflower Coral - Pocillopora damicornis Chalice Coral - Echinophyllia aspera Club Finger Coral - Stylophora pistillata Cluster Coral - Acropora millepora Elephant Skin Coral - Pachyseris rugosa Encrusting Fire Coral - Millepora sp. Finger Staghorn Coral - Acropora humilis Green Eyed Cup Coral - Mycedium Sp. Green Fiji Acropora - Acropora bushyensis Green Stony Pillar Coral - Psammocora contigua Horn Coral - Hydnophora rigida Idaho Grape Montipora - Montipora undata Jeweled Finger Coral - Porites cylindrica Leaf Coral - Pavona decussata Maldive Coral - Pavona maldivensis Montipora Plate Coral - Montipora capricornis Plating Montipora Coral - Montipora peltiformis Purple Tipped Acropora - Acropora tenuis Ruffled Coral - Merulina amphiata Staghorn Acropora - Acropora formosa Staghorn Coral - Acropora cervicornis Velvet Finger Montipora - Montipora digitata Velvet Stone Coral - Montipora spongodes Articles Keeping Acropora Corals - Elegant Staghorn Corals are the building blocks of the worlds coral reefs, keeping Acropora corals can create a beautiful home reef as well! Montipora Best SPS Corals For Beginners - SPS Corals For Beginners starts right here with the Montipora coral. Coral facts from the types of coral through live coral care!

Note:  For simplicity and lack of confusion, we have followed the classifications and categories as presented in Julian Sprung and J. Charles Delbeeks' book , The Reef Aquarium - Volumes One and Two, 1994 and 1997. This often differs from the hobbyist classification.

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