Soft Coral Species Pictures
Browse this large collection of soft coral photos to view pictures and identify Subclass Octocorallia members that are commonly kept in reef aquariums, such as Colt, Leather, and Pulse/Xenia Corals, Mushrooms/Disk Anemones, Star/Daisy and Clove/Glove Polyps, Zoanthids, Gorgonians, Sea Fans, and many others.
Top Zoanthid Corals Photos Gallery
Flash view the Top Zoanthid Corals Photos Gallery submitted to About Saltwater Aquariums for display in the Gallery, on photo pages and in About Saltwater Aquariums Reef Tank Photo Contests
Flash view the Top Zoanthid Corals Photos Gallery submitted to About Saltwater Aquariums for display in the Gallery, on photo pages and in About Saltwater Aquariums Reef Tank Photo Contests
Top Mushrooms Corals & Disc Anemones Photos Gallery
Excellent soft corals for beginners, here is a collection of Order Corallimorpharians - Family Discosomatidae and Ricordeidae photos. Species of these families are commonly named Ricordea, and Disc Anemones, Mushrooms, Giant Cup, Elephant Ear, Hairy, Metallic, Fluorescent, Umbrella, Bubble, Warty, Forked Tentacle Mushroom Coral.
Excellent soft corals for beginners, here is a collection of Order Corallimorpharians - Family Discosomatidae and Ricordeidae photos. Species of these families are commonly named Ricordea, and Disc Anemones, Mushrooms, Giant Cup, Elephant Ear, Hairy, Metallic, Fluorescent, Umbrella, Bubble, Warty, Forked Tentacle Mushroom Coral.
Colt & Leather Coral Photo Gallery
Popular soft corals kept by beginning reefers, here is a collection of Family Alcyoniidae - Genera Alcyonium, Cladiella, Lobophytum, Sarcophyton, and Sinularia photos. These are species commonly named Colt - Devil's Hand - Toadstool - and Finger, Encrusting, Lobed, Knobby, Flexible, Flat, Trough, Cabbage, Mushroom Leather Corals.
Popular soft corals kept by beginning reefers, here is a collection of Family Alcyoniidae - Genera Alcyonium, Cladiella, Lobophytum, Sarcophyton, and Sinularia photos. These are species commonly named Colt - Devil's Hand - Toadstool - and Finger, Encrusting, Lobed, Knobby, Flexible, Flat, Trough, Cabbage, Mushroom Leather Corals.
Joe's Blue Sea Fan
A photo of Joe Pasnik's Acalycigorgia sp. Blue Sea Fan or Gorgonian Coral.
A photo of Joe Pasnik's Acalycigorgia sp. Blue Sea Fan or Gorgonian Coral.
R. Tebben's Glove Polyp Coral
A photo of R. Tebben's soft Clavularia sp. Glove or Clove Polyp Coral.
A photo of R. Tebben's soft Clavularia sp. Glove or Clove Polyp Coral.
White Telesto Coral Montage
Not regularly available to the aquarium hobby, here is a three photo montage of pictures taken in the wild by Keoki and Yuko Stender of Carijoa riisei, a soft species referred to as White Telesto Coral, a Subfamily Telestinae member.
Not regularly available to the aquarium hobby, here is a three photo montage of pictures taken in the wild by Keoki and Yuko Stender of Carijoa riisei, a soft species referred to as White Telesto Coral, a Subfamily Telestinae member.
Takehiro's Red Sea Fan
Takehiro Yamamoto's Red Sea Fan or Rod (Swiftia exserta) photo.
Takehiro Yamamoto's Red Sea Fan or Rod (Swiftia exserta) photo.
Soft Tree Coral
From the SeaWorld San Diego-Aquatic Safari page, a fairly good photo of Soft Tree Coral, Litophyton arboreum, also commonly referred to as Cauliflower, or Colt Coral. Some brief notes are included with the picture.
From the SeaWorld San Diego-Aquatic Safari page, a fairly good photo of Soft Tree Coral, Litophyton arboreum, also commonly referred to as Cauliflower, or Colt Coral. Some brief notes are included with the picture.