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Large Gorgonian Coral/Sea Fan
Photo: Large gorgonian sea fan on a reef wall
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A large rust-colored gorgonian sea fan perches against a reef in Micronesia. Small, individual coral polyps fuse together over time to create these impressive fan-shaped colonies, which can grow several feet high.
Photograph by Timothy G. Laman

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