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Stephanocyathus spiniger

Peter Marriott, NIWA, Oceans Survey 20/20 Bay of Islands

Just like an anemone the cup coral Stephanocyathus spiniger (Marenzeller, 1888) has lots of tentacles to capture prey and deliver it to its mouth.