Sea pen. Close-up of the branching tentacles of a Vurgilaria sp. sea pen. Sea pens are colonial soft coral organisms related to sea feathers. Photogra

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Sea pen. Close-up of the branching tentacles of a Vurgilaria sp. sea pen. Sea pens are colonial soft coral organisms related to sea feathers. Photographed off Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

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