This is, (in case the title didn't give you a hint), star coral. It is also known as Astrangia, and personally, it's one of my favorite things to find on the beach. It's Hilton Head's only stony coral, (stony as in not brittle or soft, and rocklike instead.) There are very often chunks of it scattered along the beach, and I've never found any alive with polyps. (Polyps are the little creatures that live in those pretty cavities.) If you decorate your house with shells and other ocean things, star coral looks very attractive in a small bowl or other piece of glassware.
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