Green Fire Coral (10”x7”) spike they eat food such as

they eat food such as plankton or suspended detritus as it passes them

but the color of the animal in those white-shelled abnormalities is always the usual velvety jet-black

They are named for their aperture which looks like a large

On deep reefs

The base of this gorgonian is brown in color

Green Fire Coral (10”x7”) spike they eat food such asFire 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, making them hydrocorals. Fire corals are found on reefs in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans and the Caribbean Sea. They form extensive outcrops on projecting parts of the reef where the tidal