A close-up view of the polyps of the bamboo coral Keratoisis.

A close-up view of the polyps of the bamboo coral Keratoisis. You can see the white skeleton running through the transparent tissue. The pink spots are the oral end (mouth end) of the polyp, and in this photo the tentacles are retracted. Image courtesy of the DASS Science Party, IFE, URI-IAO, and NOAA.

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