Gersemia rubiformis

Red soft coral:

Red soft coral (Gersemia rubiformis): This soft coral is often called a sponge, a tunicate, an anemone, a hydrocoral, and even a soft bryozoan. At low tide, it usually presets as a series of pendulous red clumps on the underside of rocks, and when the colony is submerged or squeezed the polyps stick out, giving it a fuzzier aspect.

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References

Weblinks

• WoRMS page for Gersemia rubiformis
• Racerocks.com page for Gersemia rubiformis

• WoRMS Page for Gersemia rubiformis
• Search Arctos Database for Gersemia rubiformis (Southeast only)
• Search Arctos Database for Gersemia rubiformis (entire database)
• Encyclopedia of Life search for Gersemia rubiformis
• iNaturalist Observations for Gersemia rubiformis in Southeast Alaska

Other References

• Lamb Hanby 2005

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