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Tropical Zone Gardening: Nature's Underwater Gardens II, 1 by caribblue

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caribblue wrote:
Zany, those "desks" that the blenny is hiding in are known as Corallites, collectively, they make up the much larger Great Star Coral or Large Star coral. At night, the Corallites have tiny polyps or "hairs" that extend out for feeding.

Here is a Great Star Coral during the day with the polyps all retracted, non-feeding mode...

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