Mike Brady, USA
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The colony is light purple in color and has two lighter anthocodia.
Specimens from northern areas, especially the east coast of the United States, tend to be pale, while specimens from the South American of the South American coast are usually a much darker purple.
Specimens from the Antilles are either uniformly dark purple or pale (yellowish or purplish-white) with a deep purple stem.
The stability-giving sclerites of the sea pansy vary in color from intense purple, yellow,
pale pink or white.
A peculiarity is the fact that Renilla reniformis is able to form light (bioluminescence) through certain enzymes (luciferases).
Bioluminescence is used to find or attract prey, to camouflage, to attract mates, or even to repel or confuse enemies.
Synonyms:
Alcyonium agaricum Gmelin, 1791
Pennatula reniformis Pallas, 1766
Renilla americana Lamarck, 1816
Renilla reniformis f. americana (Lamarck, 1816)
Specimens from northern areas, especially the east coast of the United States, tend to be pale, while specimens from the South American of the South American coast are usually a much darker purple.
Specimens from the Antilles are either uniformly dark purple or pale (yellowish or purplish-white) with a deep purple stem.
The stability-giving sclerites of the sea pansy vary in color from intense purple, yellow,
pale pink or white.
A peculiarity is the fact that Renilla reniformis is able to form light (bioluminescence) through certain enzymes (luciferases).
Bioluminescence is used to find or attract prey, to camouflage, to attract mates, or even to repel or confuse enemies.
Synonyms:
Alcyonium agaricum Gmelin, 1791
Pennatula reniformis Pallas, 1766
Renilla americana Lamarck, 1816
Renilla reniformis f. americana (Lamarck, 1816)
