sample location is intertidal rocky surfaces of Visakhapatnam coast, East Coast of India.Is it animal or algae?
may be green algae like Enteromorpha intestinalis not sure ???
Dear Dr. Raid Kadhim
Thank you for the response, surely it is not Entermorpha, Enteromorpha is a foliacious thallus which grows up to 30 cm and further today the genus Enteromorpha merged with Ulva genus so there is no Enteromorpha today. I am thinking it may be animal, i am not sure....
It is a cnidarian, Zoanthidae, Isaurus sp.. The green colour is a fluorescent pigment as in many cnidarians.
Here are images and articles:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Isaurus_tuberculatus,_Cabo_Verde.jpg
http://miseryukyu.com/MISE@University_of_the_Ryukyus/Publication_List_files/Reimer2007KuroBio.pdf
http://www.ctoz.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?idno=m7904a02;c=ctz
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