gorgonian

A red gorgonian from the Coral Garden. The eight tiny tentacles on each polyp place this group of corals in the sub-class Octocorallia. Notice the anemone attached to the coral and a small galatheid crab in the background. Image courtesy of AquaPix, Ian MacDonald, Expedition to the Deep Slope.

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