Pillar Coral

A small Pillar Coral lit up in the sunshine. This is one of the only corals that feeds during the day and the exposed polyps filter nutrients in the passing currents. Over time the spikes grow taller like spires. Taken on a shallow sunny dive in the Caribbean

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