Grandis 'Sun' Palythoa
A variant of Palythoa (Palythoa grandis)
Representative Palythoaphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
The large brown/tan *Palythoa grandis*-type polyp with a sun-burst oral disc — big dinner-plate polyps that fully open under light.
📜 Backstory
The classic large *Palythoa grandis* 'sun' polyp is the wild-type baseline of the genus — big, hardy, and widely collected. It isn't a designer morph but is the recognizable species form, and it remains a common, beginner-friendly large paly.
Keeper tips for this variant
Moderate light and moderate flow; very hardy and a good beginner large paly, but wear gloves due to palytoxin risk.
Other Zoanthids variants
Gold/Sunny D PalythoaSunny Side Up PalythoaMaui Pink / Pink PalythoaPurple Death / Purple Deathstar PalythoaNuclear Green / Toxic Green PalythoaMagician / Devil's Armor PalythoaAquacultured Palythoa FragMagician PalythoaArmageddon PalythoaNuclear Green PalythoaSunny D PalythoaBam Bam Orange Palythoa/ZoaUtter ChaosCaptain AmericaCaptain JerkDaisy Duke's PalyRed People EaterButt MuncherSunny DWWC Emerald GrandisWWC Green GrandisPalythoa grandis (Cinnamon / Sun Paly)