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.)
The whale shark is the largest fish in the world!
Some whales are larger, but they are mammals, not fish!
Mammals have a horizontal tail.
Fishes have a vertical fin.
