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Photo copyright Tim Nicholson. The body of this soft coral, Alcyonacea order, is stiffened with yellow spicules. Here the individual polyps are open, showing their 8 tentacles (the 8 tentacles help to confirm identification). A member of the Dendronephthya genus, it is partly down to the soft corals that much of the diving in the Red Sea is so beautiful. More photos of soft corals are in Room five of our gallery Further Reading |
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