Menella sp. (Gorgonian)
Identification
Colonies forming sparsely branched fans or bushes with long, cylindrical upright branches. Polyps arranged all around the branches. Colour of colonies red, yellow, purple.
Status
Unassessed by the IUCN Red list.
Habitat
Tropical Indo-Pacific, often on reef slopes in current rich areas, in a depth range of 5-100 meters.
Reproduction
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Size
Up to 50cm. in height
Prey / Predation
They feed on plankton which is filtered out of the water column. It has no zooxanthellae to provide energy by photosynthesis, so it relies solely on plankton.
Special features
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