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pl23_expl1893.jpg

Closeup view of the white bamboo coral (Keratoisis flexibilis) showing the coral's extended feeding polyps

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Description

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.

Credit

Brooke et al., NOAA-OER, HBOI.; Florida Coast Deep Corals Expedition 2005

Display Date

2005 November 9

Location

Florida Straits

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration