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Here is a shallow-water Flabellum collected at 205 m from the Bay of Islands in 2009. There are currently nine species of Flabellum known from the New Zealand region. From this photo, you can see the vulnerable, bright-coloured polyps protected within the calcareous, partitioned inner framework of the Flabellum. Imagine swapping this Flabellum with your grandmother’s false teeth to give her a good fright in the morning. [Peter Marriott, NIWA]