An Acanella bamboo coral collected from soft sediments reveals the base of the skeleton is modified as a rootlet (on far left). The rootlet allows the colony to be stable in the soft seafloor.
Bamboo Coral
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2018.
An Acanella bamboo coral collected from soft sediments reveals the base of the skeleton is modified as a rootlet (on far left). The rootlet allows the colony to be stable in the soft seafloor. Download larger version (jpg, 8.1 MB).
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