Green Sea Mat

Zoanthus sociatus

• Group: Coral

The green sea mat spreads as a low carpet of connected polyps across coral reefs and rocky bottoms in shallow water. Each polyp houses symbiotic algae that share the food they make in the light, feeding the colony from within.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Zoantharia › Zoanthidae › Zoanthus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 869585.