Palythoa caribaeorum

Author
(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Common Names
  • Caribbean Sea Mat
  • Encrusting Colonial Anemone
  • White Encrusting Zoanthid

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Palythoa caribaeorum
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HRI-UNAM-BDMY
1
Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
5 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Caribbean, South America
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • cryptic fauna
References

  • Farrell, T. M., C. F. D’Elia, L. Lubbers, and L. J. Pastor Jr. 1983. Hermatypic coral diversity and reef zonation at Cayos Arcas, Campeche, Gulf of Mexico. Atoll Research Bulletin 270: 1–7.

  • Varela, C., B. Guitart, M. Ortiz, and R. Lalana. 2002. Los zoantídeos (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Zoanthiniaria), de la región occidental de Cuba. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas 23: 179–184.

  • Williams, E. H., and L. Bunkley-Williams. 1988. Bleaching of coral reef symbionts in 1987–1988. Proceedings of the 6th International Coral Reef Symposium 3: 313–318.

Endnotes

  • Reported as Palythoa caribbea.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Fautin, D. G. and M. Daly. 2009. Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, and Zoanthidea (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 349–357 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-06-2024.

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