![]() ![]() Other zoanthids are connected by runners called stolons, and still others are embedded in a tissue matrix or mat. Some zoanthids are solitary animals with a single polyp attached to a rock or shell. While zoanthids are related to stony or “true” corals that possess hard skeletons, zoanthids do not have a skeleton. Soft and leather corals are octocorals with eight tentacles per polyp instead of six. While sometimes called “soft corals,” zoanthids are different from the true soft and leather corals. For this reason they are fairly tolerant of poor water quality high nitrates, phosphates an dissolved organics. Like a carpet of tiny flowers, these animals are often seen in the wild on shores, growing on stones and coral rubble, as well as in turbid, high-nitrate areas in canals, harbors, intertidal areas and reefs.
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