Palythoa, a zoanthid. Beginner to keep, typical PAR 75–150, moderate flow.
Also sold as Captain Americas, Captain America Paly, Captain America Palys.
A loose trade name. Sellers use it loosely, so trust the photo over the label.
Collector tier: common, reviewed 2026-08.
Palythoa, not Zoanthus: a paly read from the middle out, with a teal to blue mouth, a rust red to orange disc, a blue-green to violet band at its edge, and a bright green skirt. The name is for the red and blue together, and each shop words the zones differently, so the red may read orange and the blue may read violet or teal.
The order from the mouth out is the same as an Eagle Eye's: blue, then red to orange, then blue again, then a green skirt. What separates them is the animal: this is a Palythoa, with bigger and meatier polyps than a zoa of the same age, and the red fills the disc rather than sitting as a ring. Against Armor of God, the other red paly, look at the mouth and skirt: teal and green here, a white mouth over a pale platinum to blue skirt there. A Captain America chalice and a Captain America Cyphastrea are different corals. Handle it with gloves, as for any Palythoa.
Low to middle rock, enough flow to keep detritus off the mat. Captain America is beginner to keep at a typical PAR of 75–150 in moderate flow. A typical starting range for this type of coral, not measured on this one.
No verified sales yet. A range publishes once 3 dated, checkable records from 3 different sources exist, priced per polyp and reported as a median, with what shops ask kept separate from what buyers paid. One polyp, so a ten-polyp frag is divided by ten. Listings that do not state the count are dropped rather than assumed. Nothing on this page is for sale.