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Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Scientific name: Ricordea florida

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Cnidaria → Class Anthozoa → Subclass Hexacorallia → Order Corallimorpharia → Family Ricordeidae → Genus Ricordea

Common name: Florida Corallimorph
Locations: Caribbean
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesCnidarians

These fluoresce. Even under natural light, it's obvious. At depth, the orange light from the sun has been filtered out by the seawater, so the only orange light is from fluorescence.

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Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
Ricordea florida (Florida Corallimorph)
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