The pictures were taken at Armação dos Búzios in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, at transects made for the research of a monographical paper of one of my students.
They seem to be representatives of the family Favidae, probably belonging to the genera Favia or Montastraea (most probably the second one).
A dra. Helena Krieg Boscolo pode te ajudar com as identificações. Atualmente ela está trabalhando lá no INPE..
Acredito que sejam do gênero Palythoa e Zoanthus, Favia e Montastrea são gêneros de corais e não de zoantídeos.
Provavelmente a Profa. Dra. Fernanda Duarte do Amaral da UFRPE pode ajudá-lo.
Thanks for yours answers, we just confirmed the species of these soft corals with profa Debora from Laboratório de Celenterologia - Museu Nacional/UFRJ.
The zoanthids in the picture belonging to Order Zoantharia are not really soft corals which belong to Order Alcyonacea.
In the middle picture the stony coral in the upper left portion of the frame, left of the tape, is probably Siderastrea siderea.
I hope the attached paper is informative.
Tom
Sorry, the stony corals you see in the picture have been already identifyed, our question refers only to the soft ones you see.
Thanks for the paper, even that our doubt refer to species from brazillian coast
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