This page links to photos of sea anemones and their relatives from Kwajalein. Animals that resemble anemones are in fact not always too closely related and are distributed across several orders in the phylum Cnideria. Many of our species are only tentatively identified to genus or species. Coloration within many species is highly variable. If attempting to match species using these thumbnails, find similarities in shape, then follow the link to additional photos of that species, which will show some of the color variations. Sizes given are very rough estimates of what we typically saw, and these soft bodied animals could often expand or shrink considerably.
Most of the zoanthid identifications are tentative. Species coloration seems to vary considerably and there are few references available.
Many thanks to Joe Rowlett for his helpful comments on the identification of several of these species. However, I did identify quite a few myself, so any errors are certain to be mine.
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