SMALL BYTES - Colonial Cup Coral

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COLONIAL CUP CORAL

Turbastraea tenuilamellosa

FAST FACTS

SIZE:

height to 11 inches (27 cm)

DIET:

RANGE:

Gulf of California to Panama

FUN FACTS

1.	Bulbous, yellow-orange cups protect the individual coral animals (polyps) whose tentacles sweep the water from microscopic food. The colony inhabits rocky caves and crevices to depths of 75 feet (23 m).

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