divepix - Yellow Pencil Coral

Yellow Pencil Coral

Aspect:	Clusters of large Yellow upward-growing blunt finger-like branches that can form very large patches, or grow within the limited confines of a Barrel Sponge. Large patches may join others and thus cover up other corals over large surfaces. Fingers often branch off.
Population:	Common.
Notable feature:	Look like wooll-gloved fingers when polyps are extended. May look green as depth underwater increases.
Environment:	Occur in relatively shallow, but open, waters.
Behaviour:	-