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Image of a colony of green mushroom coral polyps
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Coral Polyps

This is a colony of soft coral polyps sometimes known as mushroom corals, since their shape resembles that of a mushroom. Although they look like plants, corals are actually animals. They are closely related to sea anemones and jellyfish.

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