Scientific name: Annella mollis
Size: Up to 6.6 feet
Color: orange-yellow / red
Distinguishing feature: The branches are cylindrical, thick and smooth. The spaces between the branches (meshes) are elongated.
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, Thailand, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Annella mollis
Size: Up to 6.6 feet
Color: orange-yellow / red
Distinguishing feature: The branches are cylindrical, thick and smooth. The spaces between the branches (meshes) are elongated.
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, Thailand, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
This gorgon is one of the largest knowned today.
It is between 32.8 and 49.2 feet deep and loves falling at high current.
The coral is made up of a multitude of polyps that use the mesh here to filter the current and catch food.
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)
Parrotfish create a protective envelope around them when they are sleeping.
So, don't put the light on them during night dive to don't to wake them up and break this envelope.
We can hear the bull shark is very dangerous because of attacks near La Réunion island.
However, tens of them are living at 600 feet from the famous beach of Playa Del Carmen in Mexico. And there are no attacks.
