Green Fire Coral (14”x11”x9”) zebra Finger coral

Finger coral

not only adding to the apparent size

triangular shell flaps) along the hinge line

the Lightning Whelk has a left-handed shell (shell opening to the right with shell spire pointing “up”)

and is difficult to maintain

Green Fire Coral (14”x11”x9”) zebra Finger coralFire 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, making them hydrocorals. Fire corals are found on reefs in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans and the Caribbean Sea. They form extensive outcrops on projecting parts of the reef where the tidal