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Family Plexauridae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Eunicea mammosa

Benwood wreck, Key Largo, 40 feet

SWOLLEN-KNOB CANDELABRUM

Common on reefs at any depth.  Colonies tend to branch near the base resembling candelabra.  Polyps extend from very long tubes, giving the colony a prickly or knobby appearance.  Several species in the Tropical Western Atlantic.