Gorgonian is a type of coral and as such is an animal, not a plant

Featherstar on gorgonian coral on Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Sulawesi, Indonesia: Sea pen polyps are soft corals or octocorals and they are made up of polyps each with eight tentacles

Pristine coral reef and coral formations in Wakatobi, near Sulawesi, Indonesia

Bubble coral shrimp, a type of cleaning shrimp, gain protection among stinging tentacles of bubble coral

A necklace seastar on a gorgonian coral, Indonesia

A porcelain crab blends with a soft coral striations on the Raja Ampat Islands Indonesia

Two pygmy seahorses attached to gorgonian coral

Blue sea squirt tunicates and yellow cave coral on a coral reef in Sulawesi, Indonesia

A golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) in soft coral inhabits the edge of steep coral walls in Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia, the center of world's richest marine biodiversity

Pink squat lobster on coral