Fire Corals
Millepora
Fire corals are 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 more closely related to Hydra and other hydrozoans, making them hydrocorals. They are members of the phylum Cnidaria, class Hydrozoa, order Capitata, family Milleporidae.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Branching Fire Coral
speciesMillepora alcicornis
Blade Fire Coral
speciesMillepora complanata
Net Fire Coral
speciesMillepora dichotoma
Millepora tenera
speciesMillepora tenera
Plate Fire Coral
speciesMillepora platyphylla
Millepora exaesa
speciesMillepora exaesa
Box Fire Coral
speciesMillepora squarrosa
Ridged Fire Coral
speciesMillepora striata
Millepora intricata
speciesMillepora intricata
Millepora nitida
speciesMillepora nitida
Millepora braziliensis
speciesMillepora braziliensis
Millepora latifolia
speciesMillepora latifolia
Millepora foveolata
speciesMillepora foveolata
Millepora boschmai
speciesMillepora boschmai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89967.