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.
The whale shark is the largest fish in the world!
Some whales are larger, but they are mammals, not fish!
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.
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.
