> I've never found any Simnia nor seen a live one anywhere. Where do they
> get off calling them "common"?
>
They are common some places - several on one gorgonian in fact. But
they're VERY hard to spot unless you're looking specifically for them,
and even hard then. They line up with the gorgonian and look like a
lump on it. If the coral animals are out, the mantle of the simnia
mimics them.
Peggy
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