Photo 1: The solitary Orange Cup Coral  under a ledge.

Orange Cup Coral: Balanophyllia elegans

This is a solitary hard coral. It prefers shaded ledges in high current locales. It can withdraw its tentacles almost completely into its calcerous skeleton. It can be found from intertidal to about 200m depth.

 More Cnidarians of Vancouver Island and the Pacific Northwest

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