Purple soft coral
A species of Alcyonium Scientific name : Alcyonium fauri Genus : Alcyonium
Purple soft coral, A species of Alcyonium
Botanical name: Alcyonium fauri
Genus: Alcyonium
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Description
Purple soft corals grow in small colonies of up to 3 cm in height. The diameter of the individual polyps is 0.4 cm. They are usually bright purple, although they may be yellow, pink, red, dark grey or orange. The soft colony is encrusting and variably shaped. Feeding polyps extend eight tentacles into the water column.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Cnidarians Class
Sea anemones and corals Order
Sea fans Family
Alcyoniidae Genus
Alcyonium Species
Purple soft coral 
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