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Orange Cup Corals
Tubastraea sp.
Many corals feed at night. These cup corals collapse into a
hard "button" during the day; at night they extend their
tentacles to capture floating plankton.
Bonaire, Dutch Antilles |
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| Sea Facts:
Although they occupy less than 0.25 percent of the marine
environment, coral reefs support more than a quarter of all
known fish species.
...Bryant et all, 1998 |
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