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Nicella guadalupensis is an azooxanthellate horn coral from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
The gorgonian serves as a host for the starfish Hemieuryale pustulata. In the photo, the starfish are circled in yellow, with no recognizable distribution pattern across the colony.
The color of the coral is brick red or dark orange, the polyp calyxes are white or yellow.
Synonym: Verrucella guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
The gorgonian serves as a host for the starfish Hemieuryale pustulata. In the photo, the starfish are circled in yellow, with no recognizable distribution pattern across the colony.
The color of the coral is brick red or dark orange, the polyp calyxes are white or yellow.
Synonym: Verrucella guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
