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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.
Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) is an important reef-building coral in the Caribbean.The species has a complex structure with many branches which resemble that of elk antlers; hence, the common name.
Nephtheidae is a family of soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria.Members of this family are known as carnation corals, tree corals or colt soft corals.They are very attractive and show a wide range of rich and pastel colours including reds, pinks, yellows and purples.
Pocilloporids are colonial and most species are reef-building. They are very variable in size and shape, some being submassive and others arborescent or ramose. The corallites are small and vary from being sunken to being raised cones.
Deep-water coral Paragorgia arborea and a Coryphaenoides fish at a depth of 1,255 m (4,117 ft) on the Davidson Seamount. The habitat of deep-water corals, also known as cold-water corals, extends to deeper, darker parts of the oceans than tropical corals, ranging from near the surface to the abyss, beyond 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) where water temperatures may be as cold as 4 °C (39 °F).
Coral Jeanne Smith (born January 19, 1979) [1] is an American former reality television personality, known as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Back to New York, and for her subsequent appearances on various seasons of The Real World's spin-off show, The Challenge.
It was transferred to the new genus Diploastrea by G. Matthai in 1914. [5] Diploastrea heliopora was included in the family Agathiphylliidae by T.W. Vaughan and J.W. Wells in 1943. It was the only extant member of the family, which also included four fossil species. In 1956, Wells transferred the genus to Faviidae, and this has been widely ...
Close up of Diploria labyrinthiformis, Vieques, Puerto Rico. Mussidae is a family of stony coral in the order Scleractinia.Following a taxonomic revision in 2012, the family is now restricted to species found in the Atlantic Ocean, with Pacific species transferred to the new family Lobophylliidae.