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cup coralnounA small brightly coloured solitary coral with tentacles that end in small knobs, sometimes found in colder seas.- Genus Caryophyllia, order Scleractinia (or Madreporaria): several species.
There are writhing carpets of brittle stars, as well as patches with the occasional cup coral and dead man's finger....- With clever camouflage techniques, golden wentletraps and their eggs are almost invisible against the cup coral host.
- We found boxer crabs (they are still there!) and blue ring octopus at Siladen, cup coral snails at Manado Tua, and ghost pipefish near the famous giant clams at Fukui.
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