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Corals: Red Cup Coral
Underwater, filter feeders: Corals: Red Cup Coral
Monomyces rubrum Also known as the solitary hard coral, these are not reef-building corals but solitary animals in individual 'cups' a couple of cm across. The white dots on the tentacles are the stinging cells. Poor Knights

January 2004