A small pinkish-orange to translucent sea pen (pennatulacean coral) showing flexibility and ability to bend with currents. Note also eight-tentacled extended polyps

Image ID: expl2835, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Location: California, Channel Islands, Santa Cruz Is. area
Photo Date: 2011 April 26
Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

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