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BLACK CORALS : CORALS
WIRE CORAL
(Stichopathes lutkeni) < 4.2 m / 14 ft
Single thin dark stalk that often coils and spirals. Found on walls and deep reefs. White to translucent tentacles.
FEATHER BLACK CORAL (Plumapathes pennacea) < 1.5 m / 5 ft
Dark branches with lateral branchlets in a single plane, resembling a leaf or a feather. Found on deeper reefs.
GRAY SEA FAN BLACK CORAL (Antipathes atlantica) < 1.2 m / 4 ft
Gray to light green fan shape. Numerous tiny dense branchlets growing outward in a single plane.
ORANGE SEA FAN BLACK CORAL (Cupressopathes gracilis) < 1.2 m / 4 ft Bright orange to brown fan shape. Numerous tiny dense branchlets growing outward in a single plane.
SCRAGGLY BLACK CORAL (Antipathes umbratica) < 30 cm / 1 ft
Dark rigid branchlets from a common stalk, growing into
a loose bush shape. Tentacles are white to translucent.
HAIRNET BLACK CORAL (Antipathes lenta) < 25 cm / 10 in
Tiny gray to brown branchlets form a thick tangled inter o en mass. entacles are hite to translucent.
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