# Coral pulsante (Xenia umbellata), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheij, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 96

- By: Diego Delso
- Date: 2022-03-26
- Classification: Photograph
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White pulse coral (Xenia umbellata), Ras Katy, Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. This species of soft marine coral resembles a mushroom, with "arms" coming out from the top that end in many-fingered "hands". It is unique among corals because of its ability to use its "hands" to "pulse" or push water away from the colony in a constant, grabbing motion. Thus the common name fast-pulse Xenia or pulse corals.