Sister Islands gallery of intertidal life in singapore

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Soft coral Order Alcyonacea Soft corals don't produce a hard skeleton like hard corals do. Instead, the tiny polyps are embedded in soft tissue. In some, the tissue can feel leathery and thus these corals are sometimes also called leathery corals.

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