Purple sea pen (Virgularia gustaviana) on the sea bed. Sea pens are colonial organisms related to sea feathers. Photographed off Rinca island, Indones

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Purple sea pen (Virgularia gustaviana) on the sea bed. Sea pens are colonial organisms related to sea feathers. Photographed off Rinca island, Indonesia.

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Photo credit: © GEORGETTE DOUWMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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