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One row of tapered tentacles with a banded pattern. Large oral relative
to tentacles. Usually brownish. On rocky shores, in sand or in cracks
in large boulders and sea walls. Commonly seen on our shores. |
1-2cm.
Pale column with pink spots in rows. One row of tapered tentacles
pale, greyish with pinkish cast. Near high water mark on bouldery
rocky shore under rich coastal forest. Seen on our Southern shores. |
Less
than 0.5cm, at low tide, a tiny blob with fine stripes in white,
orange, yellow or red. Among barnacles, on jetty legs and other
hard surfaces. Commonly seen on our Northern shores. |
Less
than 0.5cm, at low tide, a tiny blob with 'eye spots': black centre
with white and orange edges. Among barnacles, wood on the high shore
among mangroves. |
Less
than 1cm. Many translucent tentacles with tiny spots, body column
short with tiny bumps. Sometimes seen stuck on seagrasses on some
of our shores. |
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On living snails. Many long thin tentacles. Body brown with pale
stripes. On shells of living snails. Sometimes seen on some of our
shores. |
1-2cm.
Many short tapering tentacles. Oral disk white or with white radiating
stripes. Body column short, smooth and not covered in sediments,
pale some with faint stripes. On shells occupied by hermit crabs.
Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
2-3cm.
Many short tapering tentacles. Oral disk with fine white stripes.
Body column thick, long with broad dark bars. On shells occupied
by hermit crabs. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
2-3cm.
Few transparent tentacles, that branch at least once ending in tapering
tips, with narrow white rings at the branching point. Oral disk
tiny. Body column pale. Sometimes seen on mudflats near mangroves
and freshwater flows on our Nothern shores. |
2-3cm.
Abut 40 tentacles with dark stripes and white bars. On hard surfaces
and rocky shores. Common on our Northern shores. |
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Colony
20-40cm, encrusts rocks and rubble like a rubbery mat. Polyps
1-2cm in diameter embedded in this common tissue, short or no
body column. Coral rubble, boulders. Commonly seen on our Southern shores.
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Colony
5-10cm, a cluster of a few individual polyps. Polyp 1-2cm with long
body column, broad oral disk. On coral rubble. Commonly seen on
our shores. |
Colony10-15cm,
encrusting small stones and rubble sometimes forming dense carpet.
Polyps about 1cm with long body column, oral disk appears to be
split into two. Commonly seen on our shores. |
Colony10-15cm,
encrusting small stones and rubble. Polyps about 1cm with long body
column tipped in bright pink. Sometimes seen on our shores. |
1.5-4cm.
Tentacles many, long thin, transparent with darker ball-shaped tip.
Body column smooth and brightly coloured brown, blue, orange or
red. Oral disk usually dark. On rocks. Seen on
our Northern shores. |
