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pl23_expl2835.jpg

A small pinkish-orange to translucent sea pen (pennatulacean coral) showingflexibility and ability to bend with currents

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Description

A small pinkish-orange to translucent sea pen (pennatulacean coral) showingflexibility and ability to bend with currents. Note also eight-tentacledextended polyps

Credit

NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

Display Date

2011 April 26

Location

California, Channel Islands, Santa Cruz Is. area