Summary[edit] Description: English: Fire coral (Millepora platyphylla) in red sea. Français : Corail de feu (Millepora platyphylla) en mer rouge. Date: 30 August 2009. Source: Own work. Author: Pannini. Camera location 25° 56′ 24.95″ N, 34° 23′ 25.44″ E: View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 25.940265; 34.390399.
Summary[edit] Description: Millepora complanata (Lamarck, 1816) - bladed fire corals in a patch reef. These upright structures are calcareous skeletons of colonies of hydrozoan polyps. They are not true stony corals - fire corals are hydrozoans while true stony corals are anthozoans. Nematocysts in the tentacles of the small polyps deliver a painful sting. The skeleton of Millepora complanata has a wrinkled bladed form. Another species, Millepora alcicornis, also occurs in patch reefs around San Salvador Island - it has a complexly branching skeleton. Classification: Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Milleporidae Locality: Gaulin Reef, northern Graham's Harbour, offshore from the northern shoreline of San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 19 June 2010, 15:30. Source: Millepora complanata (bladed fire corals) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.
Summary[edit] Description: Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 - branching fire corals in a patch reef. The tan-colored structures are calcareous skeletons of colonies of hydrozoan polyps. They are not true stony corals - fire corals are hydrozoans while true stony corals are anthozoans. Nematocysts in the tentacles of the small polyps deliver a painful sting. The skeleton of Millepora alcicornis has a complexly branching skeleton. Another species, Millepora complanata, also occurs in patch reefs around San Salvador Island - it's skeleton has a wrinkled bladed form. The overall skeletal shape of Millepora alcicornis is often a consequence of the fire coral encrusting octocoral skeletons. The spotted fish in the lower right corner is Lactophrys triqueter (smooth trunkfish). Classification: Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Milleporidae Locality: Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore from the western shoreline of San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 24 March 2011, 15:29. Source: Millepora alcicornis (branching fire corals) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Millepora alcicornis (Branching Fire Coral). Date: 2 October 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Nhobgood Nick Hobgood. Camera location 19° 47′ 32.1″ N, 72° 19′ 15.56″ W: View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 19.792250; -72.320989.