Aspect: Form an entanglement of thin, sharp-tipped radially developing branches and sub-branches. Resembles a petrified giant spark. 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: .