Sea fan coral (Subergorgia mollis) on a reef. The sea fan is a colony of tiny organisms which build this rocky structure around themselves for protect

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Sea fan coral (Subergorgia mollis) on a reef. The sea fan is a colony of tiny organisms which build this rocky structure around themselves for protection and support. The fan is orientated to present a large surface area to the prevailing current, allowing the coral organisms to filter plankton from the water. Photographed in Layang Layang, Malaysia.

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Photo credit: © MATTHEW OLDFIELD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: animal, cnidarian, coelenterate, coral, fan, invertebrate, invertebrates, layang, malaysian, marine, mollis, nature, ocean, sea, subergorgia, sunlight, underwater, wildlife, zoology