Parazoanthus axinellae

Parazoanthus axinellae, commonly known as the yellow cluster anemone, is a zoanthid coral found on the southern Atlantic coasts of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea.

The species is yellow or orange in colour and each polyp has twenty-four to thirty-six tentacles disposed in two whorls.

[2] Parazoanthus axinellae is found in the temperate eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

[3] In the Mediterranean Sea, Parazoanthus axinellae frequently forms dense agglomerations, often in association with the soft coral Alcyonium acaule.

Other organisms in these biodiverse habitats include suspension feeders such as sponges, cnidarians, bryozoans and tunicates, and the rock is encrusted with coralline algae.

A colony of individual zooids connected by coenenchyme