Photo copyright Tim Nicholson.
Whip coral, taken on Horagali Faru (Raa Atoll) Maldives

Whip corals consist of long, cylindrical filaments about the diameter of drinking straws. They are flexible to allow bending in currents. Members of the Octocorallia class they always have 8 tentacles which are pinnate - that is, they possess side branches like a feather.

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Further Reading

Dive Maldives: A Guide to the Maldives Archipelago, by Tim Godfrey, 192 pages (2006)
The Underwater Photographer: Digital and Traditional Techniques by Martin Edge, Paperback, 424 pages (20069)
Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers by J & S Drafahl, 224 pages (2007)

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