Fire coral
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Not to be confused with poison fire coral, a poisonous fungus.
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. They make up the only genus in the monotypic family Milleporidae.
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Millepora dichotoma | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Anthoathecata |
Suborder: | Capitata |
Family: | Milleporidae Fleming, 1828 |
Genus: | Millepora Linnaeus, 1758 |
Diversity | |
15 species | |
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