White soft coral – Alcyonacea – grows on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, appearing resilient in 29 degree warm water while nearby hard corals show bleaching linked to climate change.

A dense cloud of bright reef fish moves above a reef covered with soft corals – Alcyonacea – on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, where these corals show resilience to rising ocean temperatures.

panoramic shot coral reef structure with elkhorn staghorn coral, sea anemones, Alcyonacea wide shot, deep blue sea in background.

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Alcyonacea, are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals",

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