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Created 11/29/2012

Family Dendrophylliidae

EASTERN PACIFIC

Balanophyllia elegans

Goldfish Bowl, Anacapa Is., CA, 20 feet

ORANGE CUP CORAL

Locally common under ledges or in dark holes at any depth.  Bright orange oval polyps up to 1cm wide are clones but not attached to one another by living tissue.   British Columbia south to Baja California.