Coral Identification - Key West, FL

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Sorry about the blurry image, I just took a screenshot from my YouTube video. Can anyone identify this specific coral located in Key West, FL on the WWII Vandenberg Wreck?
 

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Sorry about the blurry image, I just took a screenshot from my YouTube video. Can anyone identify this specific coral located in Key West, FL on the WWII Vandenberg Wreck?
Dendrophyllia of some sort, likely tubastrea aka sun coral. They're an NPS species so they require daily or every other day feeding to survive.
 

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Dendrophyllia of some sort, likely tubastrea aka sun coral. They're an NPS species so they require daily or every other day feeding to survive.
Dendrophylliid, not Dendrophyllia. But yeah, likely Tubastrea coccinea; they're an invasive species in the West-Atlantic
 
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