Ricordea florida is a corallimorpharian (order Corallimorpharia, family Ricordeidae) endemic to the Caribbean Sea, forming small, colonial disc-shaped polyps with distinctive, bead-like (capitate) tentacle tips in vivid colors ranging from green and orange to blue and purple. It is one of the most popular and valuable corallimorpharians in the marine aquarium trade due to its compact size and brilliant coloration. Unlike many reef corals, it lacks a calcareous skeleton but maintains photosymbiosis with Symbiodiniaceae. Genomic data have been generated for this species and are available in public databases, enabling comparative studies of cnidarian evolution and ecology.