Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Parazoanthus brevitentacularis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Parazoanthus axinellae
- Astroides calycularis
- Antipathozoanthus macaronesicus
- Tubastraea coccinea
- Parazoanthus swiftii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Zoantharia
- Family
- Parazoanthidae
- Genus
- Parazoanthus
- Species
- Parazoanthus brevitentacularis
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