Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA
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Palythoa caribaeorum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Common on shallow reefs exposed to surge. Color ranges from white to yellow, gray or brown. Texture resembles hard rubber.
Palythoa caribeorum have large distribution in the Atlantic (Mueller and Haywick 1995) and was reported to dominate large bottom extensions with low exposure and high luminosity (Sebens 1982, Acosta 2001, Leão 1996).
The White spotted filefish Cantherhines macrocerus feeding on Palythoa caribaeorum.
he P. caribaeorum tissue contains a powerful high molecular weight toxin known as palytoxin (PTX).
Synonymised names:
Palythoa caribaea Duerden, 1898
Palythoa caribbaea Goreau, 1959
Palythoa caribdea Carballeira et al., 1998
Common on shallow reefs exposed to surge. Color ranges from white to yellow, gray or brown. Texture resembles hard rubber.
Palythoa caribeorum have large distribution in the Atlantic (Mueller and Haywick 1995) and was reported to dominate large bottom extensions with low exposure and high luminosity (Sebens 1982, Acosta 2001, Leão 1996).
The White spotted filefish Cantherhines macrocerus feeding on Palythoa caribaeorum.
he P. caribaeorum tissue contains a powerful high molecular weight toxin known as palytoxin (PTX).
Synonymised names:
Palythoa caribaea Duerden, 1898
Palythoa caribbaea Goreau, 1959
Palythoa caribdea Carballeira et al., 1998
