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Orange-cup-corals are also found in very cold water throughout the world. Orange-cup corals often dominate tropical habitats not occupied by other coral species, such as wrecks and cryptic reef habitats. [2] They also colonize artificial structures, [3] but experiments have demonstrated similar preferences for granite, cement, steel and tile. [4]
Balanophyllia elegans, the orange coral or orange cup coral, is a species of solitary cup coral, a stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. As an azooxanthellate species, it does not contain symbiotic dinoflagellates in its tissues in the way that most corals do. [1]
Tubastraea faulkneri is an encrusting coral that can become massive and strongly convex. The corallites of this species are covered with a porous tissue ( coenosteum ) with a vermicular appearance. The calices have a diameter of 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) and a depth of 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in).
Tubastraea coccinea was first documented in 1943 on Caribbean reefs in Curaçao and Puerto Rico. [3] T. coccinea is an invasive species that was documented to have spread as far north as the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in 2004.
(Orange cup coral) Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848, Orange solitary coral, (Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, to southern Queensland and around Tasmania.) [ 1 ] Coscinaraea mcneilli Wells, 1962, McNeill's coral, (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Byron Bay, New South Wales.) [ 1 ]
Sun coral, Orange cup coral [9] Tubastraea sp., often Tubastrea aurea: ... This jellyfish has a somewhat green or grayish blue coloration due to symbiotic algae ...
"This cup is definitely worth the hype. It does the job and keeps the water nice and cold," wrote one of the 3,700-plus five-star reviewers on Stanley's website.
Astronaut photo of Cape Town showing the Cape Peninsula, and surrounding waters, including False Bay. Map showing approximate extent of the range of the article and identifying key locations and the borders of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area Marine ecoregions of the South African exclusive economic zone Marine species distribution reference map of the Southern African ...