Scientific name: Dendronephthya
Size: Generally from 4 to 20 inches, can reach 78 inches
Color: Variable: white, yellow, pink, purple red
Distinguishing feature: Present where the current is strong (passing, falling, etc.). Trunk and translucent branches, polyps grouped at the end of branches.
Where did we see it: Maldives
Scientific name: Dendronephthya
Size: Generally from 4 to 20 inches, can reach 78 inches
Color: Variable: white, yellow, pink, purple red
Distinguishing feature: Present where the current is strong (passing, falling, etc.). Trunk and translucent branches, polyps grouped at the end of branches.
Where did we see it: Maldives
These corals, like other soft corals, can absorb water to stretch and swell, or extract it to shrink. They deploy at maximum during night, or day when the currents are strong enough.
Small organisms (crabs, shrimps, etc.) can be found here. Some nudibranchs also feed on this coral.
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.
The kakihona sushi (sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves) are really the best!
To eat them, you have to go to Nara!
