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Bebryce sulfurea is called "sulfur gorgonian" because of its color and was considered until 2021as endemic coral from the Red Sea, the coral was newly discovered around the island of La Réunion in the Western Indian Ocean.
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Since Bebryce sulfurea has no symbiosis with energy-sufficient zooxanthellae, the coral must have found microplankton from the permanent current.
The bushy awake coral usually settles in underwater caves and on the slopes of coral reefs.
Most of the literature relegates the gorgonian to a deeper water habitat, however WoRMS gives a finding in just 3 meters.
Except the one indication of the water depth no further data can be named at present also to the depth distribution.
Beside the sulfur yellow coloration also reddish colored specimens occur.
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Since Bebryce sulfurea has no symbiosis with energy-sufficient zooxanthellae, the coral must have found microplankton from the permanent current.
The bushy awake coral usually settles in underwater caves and on the slopes of coral reefs.
Most of the literature relegates the gorgonian to a deeper water habitat, however WoRMS gives a finding in just 3 meters.
Except the one indication of the water depth no further data can be named at present also to the depth distribution.
Beside the sulfur yellow coloration also reddish colored specimens occur.
