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Closeup view of the white bamboo coral (Keratoisis flexibilis) showing the coral's extended feeding polyps. This coral and other filter feeders orient so thatthey are perpendicular to the current, positioning themselves to be in the flowof food carried in the current. (Image credit: Brooke et al., NOAA-OER, HBOI.; Florida Coast Deep Corals Expedition 2005)