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Flowery soft coral
Dendronephthya sp.
Order Alcyonacea

Soft corals are occasionally seen on the coral rubble. Out of the water, they flop over and look limp, small and uninteresting. But when submerged, they expand into beautiful forms (colony about 20cm across).

 

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