Green Fire Coral (10”x7”) spike The base of this gorgonian

The base of this gorgonian is brown in color

there is not sufficient sunlight to undergo photosynthesis

Fluted Giant Clam (6”) and Sea Fan Sculpture (17”)

the common name

but the color of the animal in those white-shelled abnormalities is always the usual velvety jet-black

Green Fire Coral (10”x7”) spike The base of this gorgonianFire 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