A fact from Balanophyllia elegans appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 November 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the orange cup coral(pictured) obtains part of its nutritional needs from carbon compounds dissolved in sea water?
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