Zoanthus gigantus

[Wy Renegade]

Probably a newbie question, but why do you say morph when describing some of the different colors of these zoa's? Do they morph over time into new colors?

Since they are all the same species, but just different colors of the same species they are referred to as morphs in the hobby. Generally a given morph doesn't change a lot once it is in captivity, but newly harvest morphs will often change significantly under aquarium lighting. Because they are the same species, and just different color, they don't really constitute a subspecies, so everyone just refers to them as a morph.

Not a day goes by that I don't learn something here. Awesome write up!!!

Thanks Miz - glad you were able to gleam something new from the article.

This is awesome because after I read this, I realized that a frag I picked up a few months ago for $5 is one of these. Has all the characteristics described here.

Very cool. Does it have good color?