Biodiversity & Conservation

Sea anemones, corals, sea firs & jellyfish (Cnidaria)

White weeds, sea firs, sea beard and siphonophores; hydroids (Hydrozoa)
Sea anemones, soft & cup corals, sea pens & sea pansies (Anthozoa)
Stalked jellyfish (Staurozoa)
Jellyfish and stalked jellyfish (Scyphozoa)

White weeds, sea firs, sea beard and siphonophores; hydroids (Hydrozoa)

A hydroid Aglaophenia kirchenpaueri Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Aglaophenia tubulifera Intermediate / Basic	Club-headed hydroid Clava multicornis Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Cordylophora caspia Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Dynamena pumila Intermediate / Basic
Yellow feathers Gymnangium montagui Intermediate / Basic	Herring-bone hydroid Halecium halecinum Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Hartlaubella gelatinosa Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Kirchenpaueria pinnata Intermediate / Basic	Seagrass sea fir Laomedea angulata Intermediate / Basic
Sea beard Nemertesia antennina Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Nemertesia ramosa Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Obelia bidentata Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Obelia dichotoma Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Obelia longissima Advanced / Intermediate / Basic
Portuguese man o' war Physalia physalis Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Tamarisca tamarisca Intermediate / Basic	Bottle-brush hydroid Thuiaria thuja Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Corymorpha nutans Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Eudendrium arbusculum Intermediate / Basic
A hydroid Hydractinia echinata Intermediate / Basic	A hydroid Thieliana navis Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Oaten pipes hydroid Tubularia indivisa Intermediate / Basic	By-the-wind-sailor Velella velella Intermediate / Basic

Sea anemones, soft & cup corals, sea pens & sea pansies (Anthozoa)

Beadlet anemone Actinia equina Intermediate / Basic	Strawberry anemone Actinia fragacea Intermediate / Basic	Sandalled anemone Actinothoe sphyrodeta Intermediate / Basic	Cloak anemone Adamsia carciniopados Intermediate / Basic	Trumpet anemone Aiptasia mutabilis Intermediate / Basic
Dead man's fingers Alcyonium digitatum Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Red sea fingers Alcyonium glomeratum Intermediate / Basic	Pink sea fingers Alcyonium hibernicum Intermediate / Basic	Sea fan anemone Amphianthus dohrnii Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Anemonactis mazeli Intermediate / Basic
Snakelocks anemone Anemonia viridis Intermediate / Basic	Red speckled anemone Anthopleura ballii Intermediate / Basic	Glaucus pimplet Anthopleura thallia Intermediate / Basic	Gem anemone Aulactinia verrucosa Intermediate / Basic	Imperial anemone Capnea sanguinea Intermediate / Basic
Scarlet and gold star coral Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Intermediate / Basic	Deeplet sea anemone Bolocera tuediae Intermediate / Basic	Parasitic anemone Calliactis parasitica Intermediate / Basic	Southern cup coral Caryophyllia inornata Intermediate / Basic	Devonshire cup coral Caryophyllia smithii Intermediate / Basic
Latticed corklet Cataphellia brodricii Intermediate / Basic	Daisy anemone Cereus pedunculatus Intermediate / Basic	A tube anemone Cerianthus lloydii Intermediate / Basic	Jewel anemone Corynactis viridis Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Diadumene cincta Intermediate / Basic
Ivell's sea anemone Edwardsia ivelli Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Edwardsia timida Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Edwardsiella carnea Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Halcampa chrysanthellum Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Halcampoides elongatus Intermediate / Basic
Weymouth carpet coral Hoplangia durotrix Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Hormathia coronata Intermediate / Basic	Sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	A cold water coral Lophelia pertusa Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Mesacmaea mitchelli Intermediate / Basic
Plumose anemone Metridium senile Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Fireworks anemone Pachycerianthus multiplicatus Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Clock face anemone Peachia cylindrica Intermediate / Basic	Olive green wart anemone Phellia gausapata Intermediate / Basic
Sealoch anemone Protanthea simplex Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Sagartia elegans Intermediate / Basic	Fountain anemone Sagartiogeton laceratus Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Sagartiogeton undatus Intermediate / Basic	Worm anemone Scolanthus callimorphus Intermediate / Basic
Dahlia anemone Urticina felina Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Orange-striped anemone Haliplanella lineata Intermediate / Basic	A sea anemone Epizoanthus couchii Intermediate / Basic	Pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	The tall sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis Advanced / Intermediate / Basic
Ginger or chocolate tiny anemone Isozoanthus sulcatus Intermediate / Basic	White cluster anemone Parazoanthus anguicomus Intermediate / Basic	Yellow cluster anemone Parazoanthus axinellae Intermediate / Basic	Phosphorescent sea pen Pennatula phosphorea Intermediate / Basic	Northern sea fan Swiftia pallida Advanced / Intermediate / Basic
Slender sea pen Virgularia mirabilis Advanced / Intermediate / Basic

Stalked jellyfish (Staurozoa)

Kaleidoscope jellyfish
Haliclystus auricula

Intermediate / Basic

A stalked jellyfish
Lucernariopsis campanulata

Intermediate / Basic

St John’s jellyfish
Lucernariopsis cruxmelitensis

Intermediate / Basic

Jellyfish and stalked jellyfish (Scyphozoa)

Moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita Intermediate / Basic	Compass jellyfish Chrysaora hysoscella Intermediate / Basic	Lion's mane jellyfish Cyanea capillata Intermediate / Basic	Mauve stinger Pelagia noctiluca Intermediate / Basic	Dustbin-lid jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo Intermediate / Basic
Blue jellyfish Cyanea lamarckii Intermediate / Basic

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