- Fire
corals (
Millepora) are a
genus of
colonial marine organisms that
exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of coral. The name
coral is somewhat...
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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...
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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...
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Millepora dichotoma, the net fire coral, is a
species of hydrozoan,
consisting of a
colony of
polyps with a
calcareous skeleton. M.
dichotoma is a colonial...
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Millepora striata is a
species of fire
coral currently found in Belize, Colombia, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela, and Bolivia, but also
found in
fossil deposits...
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Millepora boschmai is a
critically endangered species of fire coral. It was
previously catalogued in two
protected areas in Panama, the
Coiba National...
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Acropora millepora is a
species of
branching stony coral native to the
western Indo-Pacific
where it is
found in
shallow water from the east
coast of...
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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 zooxant****ate...
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Millepora platyphylla is a
species of fire coral, a type of hydrocoral, in the
family Milleporidae. It is also
known by the
common names blade fire coral...
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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...
