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Soft coral

Invertebrate
Scientific name
Dendronephthya spp.
Size
10–150 cm3.9–59 in
Depth range
5–60 m16–197 ft

Diver notes

Not an animal you look for so much as the reason a wall is worth diving. They inflate and colour up when the current runs and collapse to grey stubs when it stops — the same site is two different dives.

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