<p><i>Knopia octocontacanalis</i>. Exploratory dive, Great Barrier Reef
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It looks like an impressionist painting of a field of daisies, but these are actually animals, the polyps of a soft octocoral, living some 12 metres beneath the sea near Port Douglas, Australia. The genus <i>Knopia</i> was first described only in January 2007 and is named after German marine biologist Daniel Knop, who supplied the type specimen. <i>Knopia octocontacanalis</i> is the only current member of the genus.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/82825649@N00">Richard Ling</a> from NSW, Australia
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