Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Coral alambre (Cirrhipathes spiralis), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 71.jpg

File:Coral alambre (Cirrhipathes spiralis), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 71.jpg, featured edit

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Info Wire coral (Cirrhipathes spiralis), Red Sea, Egypt. They often exhibit a twisted or coiled morphology. In addition to their colorful appearance, they possess a dark skeleton that is characteristic to every black coral. Commonly found in tropical and subtropical areas, these corals are part of the reefs in the Indian and Pacific oceans, sometimes as shallow as 15 metres (49 ft) but often at depths greater than 50 metres (160 ft). Long and unbranched, Cirrhipathes species are attached to coral reefs. Like all corals, Cirrhipathes species are made of and covered by polyps, whose diameter is 2 millimetres (0.079 in). Note: we have no FPs of the whole order Antipatharia. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 22:19, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 22:19, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Impressive capture of a fascinating coral species. -- Radomianin (talk) 10:15, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I can tell you, getting it in focus wasn't easy... :) Poco a poco (talk) 14:54, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I don't doubt it, Poco a poco. Compliments for this capture :) -- Radomianin (talk) 18:18, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support JukoFF (talk) 14:03, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Aristeas (talk) 09:08, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 19:11, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daniel Case (talk) 00:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 08:50, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support the polyps are very sharp. Impressive picture. --Harlock81 (talk) 20:28, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, those polyps have a diameter of only 2 mm! I've added this information. Poco a poco (talk) 21:03, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:59, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 05:00, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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