Elegant Lace Coral

Stylaster sanguineus

The Elegant Lace Coral feeds on microzooplankton, bacterial particulates, and small particulate organic matter. It needs a strong water movement and shade places.
Members of the order Anthoathecata are mostly colonial A-form hydroids. Life cycle: The zygote develops into planula inside the gonophore and is later released as an actinula which metamorphoses into polyp stage.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionCnidaria
ClassHydrozoa
OrderAnthoathecata
FamilyStylasteridae
GenusStylaster
SpeciesStylaster sanguineus
Photographed in
Indonesia