Coral mole com polipos/ Soft coral

Coral mole na Indonesia, ocorrendo tambem na Australia e no Mar Vermelho. / Soft Coral in Indonesia, also occuring in Australia and Red Sea.A Alcyonacea, ou coral mole pertence a ordem de corais que nao produz carbonato de calcio./The Alcyonacea, or the soft corals are an order of corals which do not produce calcium carbonate cups, instead they contain minute, spiney skeletal elements called sclerites. Other organisms in this class include sea pens, sea fans, sea whips and fleshy soft corals.

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