Corynactis
''Corynactis'' is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family Corallimorphidae. Large unidentified polyps of this genus feed on the crown-of-thorns seastar ''Acanthaster planci'' and may help control the crown-of-thorns population. Species Species so far described in this genus include: *'' Corynactis annulata'' Verrill, 1867 *'' Corynactis australis'' Haddon & Duerden, 1896 *'' Corynactis caboverdensis'' den Hartog, Ocaña & Brito, 1993 *''Corynactis californica'' Carlgren, 1936 *'' Corynactis caribbeorum'' den Hartog, 1980 *'' Corynactis carnea'' Studer, 1879 *'' Corynactis chilensis'' Carlgren, 1941 *'' Corynactis delawarei'' Widersten, 1976 *'' Corynactis denhartogi'' Ocaña, 2003 *'' Corynactis denticulosa'' Le Sueur, 1817 *'' Corynactis globulifera'' Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834 *'' Corynactis parvula'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 *'' Corynact ...
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Corynactis Californica
''Corynactis californica'' is a brightly colored colonial anthozoan corallimorph. Unlike the Atlantic true sea anemone, ''Actinia fragacea'', that bears the same common name, strawberry anemone, this species is a member of the order Corallimorpharia, and is the only member found in the North American West Coast. Other common names include club-tipped anemone and strawberry corallimorpharian. The anemone can live up to at least 50 meters deep on vertical rock walls, and at the bottom of kelp forests. It is known to carpet the bottom of some areas, like Campbell River in British Columbia, and Monterey Bay in California. The strawberry anemone grows no larger than 2.5 centimeters. The anemone can be red, pink, purple, brown, yellow, or completely white. They possess tentacles that are white or transparent with bulbous tips. The strawberry anemone resembles sea anemones in that they lack a calcareous skeleton, but are closer related to stony corals in that they lack basilar muscl ...
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