Beautiful, rare 'purple cauliflower' coral off NSW coast may be extinct within 10 years
- Written by Meryl Larkin, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University
Author suppliedWhen we think of Australia’s threatened corals, the Great Barrier Reef probably springs to mind. But elsewhere, coral species are also struggling – including a rare type known as “cauliflower soft coral” which is, sadly, on the brink of extinction.
This species, Dendronephthya australis, looks like a purple...





