SMALL BYTES - Mushroom Leather Coral

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MUSHROOM LEATHER CORAL

Sarcophyton spp.

FAST FACTS

SIZE:

colonies to 39 inches (1 m) in diameter

DIET:

RANGE:

tropical Indo-Pacific

FUN FACTS

1.	These corals rise from the reef on stalks. They mushroom at the top, forming soft winding surfaces speckled with tiny bumps. Delicate polyps extend 0.4 in. (1 cm) above the surface from these bumps.

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