Soft coral with a gorgonian-like appearance. The body is bright red or wine-red with white or yellow, star-shaped polyps. The polyps are located at the terminal branchlets, not on the main branches. The polyps can retracted completely.

Unassessed by the IUCN Red list, locally common species.

They can be found in the Central Indo-Pacific; Indonesia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. They grow on rocks,ledges, reef slopes, vertical walls and overhangs, in a depth range of 10-20 meters.

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