Reaching a length over 2 meters long, this whip-like bamboo coral colonized what appears to be an old pillow lava flow. Several such long bamboo corals were seen during dive 8 of the Deep Connections 2019 expedition.
Bamboo Coral
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Reaching a length over 2 meters long, this whip-like bamboo coral colonized what appears to be an old pillow lava flow. Several such long bamboo corals were seen during dive 8 of the Deep Connections 2019 expedition.

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