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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.
  1. Black & Wire Corals (14)
  2. Colt & Leather Corals (17)
  3. Mushrooms & Ricordea Corals (27)
  4. Pulse / Xenia Corals (7)
  5. Star / Daisy Polyps (7)
  6. Zoanthid Corals (17)
  7. Coral Care Information

Sea Fan Photo Gallery

Sea Fan Photo Gallery which contains photos, pictures and images of Sea Fans.

Top Zoanthid Corals Pictures Gallery

Flash view the Top Zoanthid Corals Photos Gallery submitted to About Saltwater Aquariums for display in the Gallery, on Pictures pages and in About Saltwater Aquariums Reef Tank Photo Contests

Top Mushrooms Corals & Disc Anemones Pictures Gallery

Excellent soft corals for beginners, here is a collection of Order Corallimorpharians - Family Discosomatidae and Ricordeidae photos and pictures. 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.

Octocoral Picture Gallery - Pictures, Images and Photos of Octocorals

From the Phylum Cnidaria, here are Pictures, Images and Photos of Octocorals.

Colt & Leather Coral Picture Gallery

Pictures of popular soft corals kept by beginning reefers, here is a collection of Family Alcyoniidae - Genera Alcyonium, Cladiella, Lobophytum, Sarcophyton, and Sinularia photos and pictures. These are species commonly named Colt - Devil's Hand - Toadstool - and Finger, Encrusting, Lobed, Knobby, Flexible, Flat, Trough, Cabbage, Mushroom...

Joe's Blue Sea Fan Picture

A picture of Joe Pasnik's Acalycigorgia sp. Blue Sea Fan or Gorgonian Coral.

R. Tebben's Glove Polyp Coral Picture

A picture of R. Tebben's soft Clavularia sp. Glove or Clove Polyp Coral.

White Telesto Coral Picture Montage

Not regularly available to the aquarium hobby, here is a three picture 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 Picture

Takehiro Yamamoto's Red Sea Fan or Rod (Swiftia exserta) pictures.

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.

Soft Coral Species Pictures, Photos and Images Galleries

Soft Coral Species Pictures, Photos and Images. 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. Soft Coral Species Pictures, Photo…

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