Lazarus Island gallery of intertidal life in singapore

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Soft coral Order Alcyonacea Unlike hard corals, soft corals don't produce a hard skeleton. Instead, the polyps are embedded in a tissue that can feel leathery. Thus some soft corals are also called leather corals.

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