Aspect:
Form an entanglement of thin, sharp-tipped radially developing branches and sub-branches. Resembles a petrified giant spark. |
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Population: | Common. |
Notable feature: |
Yellow to light brown. Round-section branches are covered in hard corallites, but tipped with a white corallite, which has nothing to do with coral bleaching disease. |
Environment: | Relatively shallow waters down to about 20 metres, on sandy bottoms. |
Behaviour: | . |