A Diver & Giant Black Coral Whip or Wire Coral (Cirrhipathes spiralis)
Add to Lightbox DownloadA SCUBA diver searches for small creatures on a Giant Black Coral Whip. Wire Coral (Cirrhipathes spiralis) is a deeper water coral which grows as a spiral, out form the wall in a singular fashion. I have seen them in the Maldives and in Fiji. You can see the individuals in this macro image. It is not classified with Soft Corals: Subclass Hexacoralia V/S soft octocralia.
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- Janet MacCausland
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Maldives diver SCUBA Indian Ocean underwater Sea-whip Whip Coral Black Coral Antipatharians Stichopathhes genus Wire coral spiral Giant Black Coral Whip (Cirrhipathes sp) feeding marine animal Phylum: Cnidaria Order: Antipatharia Family Antipathidae Genus: Cirrhipathes six tentacled polyps thorny Barbwire deep-water tropical SCUBA diver haywire Seawhip Whip Coral Black Coral Antipatharians diver Stichopathhes genus Wire coral spiral Giant Black Coral Whip (Cirrhipathes sp) Mike feeding Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Order: Antipatharia Family Antipathidae Genus: Cirrhipathes six tentacled polyps thorny Barb-wire deep-water tropical
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- Corals_ Cnidaria (under reconstruction, Pls search), Maldives, Fiji, South Pacific
