Hi all, I do most of the identification/curation of Indo-Pacific corals/anemones/hydroids/etc on here. Unfortunately, I’m often the only one doing this, which results in a LOT of observations that get stuck at a higher taxonomic level. Tagging users is proving to be an ineffective means to correct …

Hi, just want to thank you for your time helping with corals ID, hopefully more will join.

Looking at Corals makes me cheerful. They’re like flowers! So lovely, so interesting. However, I have only ever seen them at an aquarium. I am learning to tell anemones and soft corals apart. I think I will see what comments I can put to help narrow the IDs a little. Here’s the video I made. "Cnidar…

Thanks for tackling the aquatic life forms :) To be honest, once underwater, I stop understanding what is a plant and what is an animal, so I don’t even touch that stuff.

Understandable. I think plant-like animals dominate the marine world, however.

I’ll be publishing the first truly comprehensive field guide sometime in the next few months.

I’ve been working my way through May Unknowns and there’s a ton of corals from Indonesia that have suddenly been put on. I also am no help… but if there’s a way I can make a better coarse ID let me know. Sometimes I’m not even sure what goes in the coral/anemone category! I do try to go back throug…

there is no rush! we appreciate the effort! as a side related note, I remember as a kid having this book called “Marine Life of the Pacific and Indian Oceans” and its essentially like an informative picture book of various animals and plants one may find in these waters. Was a real good book and th…

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robotpie April 3, 2020, 4:57am 3

Apologies, I will be basically of no help for that particular taxa, so I can only wish you good luck! Do you have some guides/tips to help the layman iNatter make more educated guesses?

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