A colorful coral polyp, Tubastrea faulkneri, grows in a colony on a reef in Indonesia. These non-photosynthetic corals feed on plankton at night.

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Location: Alor, Indonesia
Photo credit: © Ethan Daniels / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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