Is there such a thing as "Corkscrew Coral" ?

Went reef fishing off the Gold Coast a couple of weeks ago. At one spot all we found was what can best be described as red corkscrew coral. the 'stuff' was loosely coiled, about 2 foot (600mm) high, about the thickness of fencing wire and bright red to orange in colour.

Yep,it's a type of antipatharian coral,they can be called wip or basket,etc corals,though the actual wip corals are gorgonian.
They look more like an uncoiled spring more so than a corkscrew.
Very common in deep water with low to no light,they are heavily planktonic food dependent,may as well be of the gorgonian family.

Shame your avatar pic is a bit blured,thats a nice looking discuss!