Parazoanthus axinellae
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Parazoanthus axinellae, the Yellow Cluster Anemone is a zoanthid
Zoantharia
Zoanthids are an order of cnidarians commonly found in coral reefs, the deep sea and many other marine environments around the world. These animals come in a variety of different colonizing formations and in numerous colors...

 coral found on the southern Atlantic coasts of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...


Zoanthids differ from true sea anemones, in having a different internal anatomy and in forming true colonies in which the individual animals (polyps) are connected by a common tissue, called the coenenchyme. The species is yellow orange in colour with 24 to 36 tentacles disposed in two rows. The polyps are 5 millimeters in diameter and 20mm. in height.

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