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Madracis decactis
Photo take at -35 feet in a Caribbean reef. this is a coral of shallow water make colonies up to 15 cm in diameter with short clubbed branches of 2-3 cm in diameter. In deeper water, the species forms encrusting colonies, sometimes with hillocks or lobes.color varies from purple brown to green brown, beautiful star polyps.
Found on coral reef from Florida all the Caribbean sea to Brazil.
Spotted on Mar 22, 2012
Submitted on Mar 22, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks Lars indeed!
nice - like a small alien landscape of its own