Sun coral (Tubastraea)

Sun coral (Tubastraea)

Category Corals
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Dendrophylliidae
Genus Tubastraea
Shoot place Gardens Bay
Shoot date 2018-10-01

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   Live colonies of Tubastraea coccinea range in color from orange, rose-red to pink with yellow tentacles. This non-reef-building coral extends beautiful translucent tentacles at night. Tubastraea micranthus are dark green, growing and branching in bush-like colonies.

 

 

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