Image of orange cup coral
Description:
The beautiful and photogenic Orange Cup Coral, Tubastrea coccinea. It was observed during a dive in Palau in the summer of 1992. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region but it has become an invasive species in the Atlantic, where it competes for space and food (plankton) with native corals. The watermark on the photo refers to the date I posted the photo at the now defunct website LightBox, not the actual observation. I do not remember the exact date and place of the observation, sorry.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Cnidaria (cnidarians)
- Anthozoa (anemones and corals)
- Hexacorallia
- Scleractinia (stony corals)
- Dendrophylliidae (dendrophylliid corals )
- Tubastraea
- Tubastraea coccinea (orange cup coral)
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- Fabio Moretzsohn
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