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Fire corals (Millepora) are a genus of colonial marine organisms that exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of coral. The name coral is somewhat misleading, as fire corals are not true corals but are instead more closely related to Hydra and other hydrozoans , making them hydrocorals.
Millepora alcicornis, or sea ginger, is a species of colonial fire coral with a calcareous skeleton. It is found on shallow water coral reefs in the tropical west Atlantic Ocean. It shows a variety of different morphologies depending on its location.
Millepora complanata, commonly known as blade fire coral, is a species of fire coral in the family Milleporidae. It is found in shallow waters in the Caribbean Sea where it is a common species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being critically endangered.
Millepora clavaria Ehrenberg, 1834 Millepora reticularis Milne Edwards, 1860 Millepora dichotoma , the net fire coral , is a species of hydrozoan , consisting of a colony of polyps with a calcareous skeleton.
Millepora squarrosa is a species of fire coral that can be found in the Caribbean Sea as well as in the western Atlantic. They are very common on fringing reefs in patches. [ 2 ] They have a smooth surface covered in tiny pores from which polyps protrude.
Millepora platyphylla is a species of fire coral, a type of hydrocoral, in the family Milleporidae. [2] It is also known by the common names blade fire coral and plate fire coral . It forms a calcium carbonate skeleton and has toxic, defensive polyps that sting. [ 3 ]
Millepora tenera is a species of fire coral in the family Milleporidae. It is native to the Red Sea and the western Indo-Pacific region and is a zooxanthellate species with a calcareous skeleton. It was first described in 1949 by the Dutch zoologist Hilbrand Boschma .
Millepora boschmai is a critically endangered species of fire coral.It was previously catalogued in two protected areas in Panama, the Coiba National Park and the Golfo de Chiriquí National Park.
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