Description: Español: Millepora alcicornis coloniza gorgonia, tras recubrirla por completo desarrolla sus estructuras ramificadas habituales. Santuario Nacional Marino de Flower Garden Banks. EE.UU. Date: 7 November 2014, 13:06:40. Source: http://www8.nos.noaa.gov/onms/Park/Parks/SpeciesCard.aspx?refID=4&CreatureID=1314&pID=9. Author: NOAA - Joyce and Frank Burek.
Description: Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 - branching fire corals in a patch reef. The tan-colored structures are calcareous skeletons of colonies of hydrozoan polyps. They are not true stony corals - fire corals are hydrozoans while true stony corals are anthozoans. Nematocysts in the tentacles of the small polyps deliver a painful sting. The skeleton of Millepora alcicornis has a complexly branching skeleton. Another species, Millepora complanata, also occurs in patch reefs around San Salvador Island - it's skeleton has a wrinkled bladed form. The overall skeletal shape of Millepora alcicornis is often a consequence of the fire coral encrusting octocoral skeletons. The blue-and-black fish are Chromis cyanea (blue chromis). The red-headed fish near the top is a squirrelfish (Holocentrus sp.) Classification: Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Milleporidae Locality: Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore from the western shoreline of San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 24 March 2011, 15:43. Source: Millepora alcicornis (branching fire corals) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.
Description: English: Millepora alcicornis (Branching Fire Coral). Date: 2 October 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Nhobgood Nick Hobgood. Camera location 19° 47′ 32.1″ N, 72° 19′ 15.56″ W: View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 19.792250; -72.320989.
Description: Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 - branching fire corals in a patch reef. The tan-colored structures are calcareous skeletons of colonies of hydrozoan polyps. They are not true stony corals - fire corals are hydrozoans while true stony corals are anthozoans. Nematocysts in the tentacles of the small polyps deliver a painful sting. The skeleton of Millepora alcicornis has a complexly branching skeleton. Another species, Millepora complanata, also occurs in patch reefs around San Salvador Island - it's skeleton has a wrinkled bladed form. The overall skeletal shape of Millepora alcicornis is often a consequence of the fire coral encrusting octocoral skeletons. The spotted fish in the lower right corner is Lactophrys triqueter (smooth trunkfish). Classification: Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Milleporidae Locality: Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore from the western shoreline of San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 24 March 2011, 15:29. Source: Millepora alcicornis (branching fire corals) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.