Zoanthus, a zoanthid. Beginner to keep, typical PAR 75–150, moderate flow.
Also sold as Red Hornets, Red Hornet Zoanthids.
A loose trade name. Sellers use it loosely, so trust the photo over the label.
Collector tier: uncommon, reviewed 2026-08.
A plump zoa with a dark purple face, reading almost blue at the disc, a red ring on it, and a white mouth that shows more in some tanks. The skirt alternates orange and red in the hornet way.
The ring is red. A Rainbow Hornet has the same orange skirt over a blue to purple face, but its ring is yellow and sits tight at the mouth, and its polyps are thinner and flatter. A Blue Hornet has no red or orange. One of the original hornets, captive grown for many generations; a story that it began as Devil's Aura at one shop could not be read at its source, so it is not repeated here as fact.
Low to middle rock, enough flow to keep detritus off the mat. Red Hornet 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.