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 Actinodendron arboreum Actinodendronidae, a juv. in N. Sulawesi, Indo.
 
Studeriotes sp. Thomson & Simpson 1909. Christmas Tree Coral, Medusa Coral, Snake Locks Coral. Indo-Pacific. Only member of family regularly offered in the trade. Can draw arms into their body situated in soft substrate, like some anemones. Not photosynthetic. Need to be fed, strong current. Not easily kept. This one off the Gilis, Lombok, Indo.

Anthelia edmondsonii (Verrill 1928). Blue Soft Coral. Light blue in color this is one of the few soft corals found in Hawai'i (and only there). Predated nightly by the Nudibranch Tritonia hawaiiensis. 1/4" inch across polyps in colonies 3-12" across.  Big Island photo. Genus Anthelia Lamarck 1816: Clusters of polyps all arising from a united stolon base that is soft, ribbon-like. Polyp pinnules in rows of 1-4 in number; slightly contractile, not retractile; some don't even respond to touch. Unlike Heteroxenia and Xenia species, Anthelia colonies branch at their base of attachment. Kona 2003
 
Anthelia glauca, Red Sea. Genus Anthelia Lamarck 1816: Clusters of polyps all arising from a united stolon base that is soft, ribbon-like. Polyp pinnules in rows of 1-4 in number; slightly contractile, not retractile; some don't even respond to touch. Unlike Heteroxenia and Xenia species, Anthelia colonies branch at their base of attachment.
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