Sanctuary Asia – July 2019

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SEA FANS - MARINE DRIVE

Popularly known as sea fans because of their resemblance to Japanese hand-held fans, these soft corals are found predominantly

in tropical waters around the world. Their fan-like body branches out, giving the impression of a tiny tree growing in the intertidal

zone. They use their polyps to catch free-fl owing organisms in the water around them.

CRATENA SEA SLUG - HAJI ALI

The Cratena sea slugs, tentatively thought to be a complex of multiple species, are undeniably charismatic creatures found in tide

pools all across the city’s western shores. Like most others of their kind, they derive their stunning colours from their (literally)

stunning food – the stinging polyps of certain hydroids (such as the ones in the above image).

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