What are Sea Pansies?
Sea pansies are fleshy, leaf-shaped colonies of marine organisms that belong to the genus Renilla, which is in the same Cnidaria phylum as jellyfish and corals. In fact, sea pansies are not a flower, but are actually a type of soft coral known as Pennatulacea. Sea pansies are considered aggregate organisms, which is a colony made up of numerous individuals.