Species of Coral part 2


	Finger Coral Finger Coral has fingers- like branches and shallow snowflake-shaped calices. It Lives in wave protected areas like bays or deeper reef slopes in depths of about 150 feet. Color of live finger corals ranges from light brown to light yellowish-green. Finger coral can be found around the islands of Hawaii. Plate Coral Plate Coral are rigid corals with a hard skeleton, turning over, it's bottom is like a pie-plate, lots of them are white on the bottom. FLEXIBLE CORALS- SOFT CORALS ( ALCYIBARUA) Soft corals also classified as "false corals" are of a feathery appearance. They sway in the ocean current they have flexible internal skeleton. So they can bend without breaking. Sea Fans They look like flattened buses-grow so they face right into the current. Home to many animals that match the color of the fan. Color : scarlet Forms : branches outwards, flexible skeleton Sea Whips Color : clear Forms : taller than a single man, edible material inside polyp Feather Duster Color : vibrantly colored Forms : feather duster on floor, tentacles multiple of 8, horny substance in the form of rods that are scattered. Sea Plumes Color : clear Forms : branches outwards Other Types of Coral Sarcophyton * Trocheliopghorum * Xenia Elongata * Lobophyton ( Sinularin Ovula ovum * Tubipora Musica * Helipora coerulea * Organ Pipe