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Millepora alcicornis, Print, Millepora alcicornis, or sea ginger, is a species of colonial fire coral with a calcareous skeleton. It is found on shallow water coral reefs in the tropical west Atlantic Ocean. It shows a variety of different morphologies depending on its location. It feeds on plankton and derives part of its energy requirements from microalgae found within its tissues. It is an important member of the reef building community and subject to the same threats as other corals. It can cause painful stings to unwary divers.

Millepora alcicornis, Print, Millepora alcicornis, or sea ginger, is a species of colonial fire coral with a calcareous skeleton. It is found on shallow water coral reefs in the tropical west Atlantic Ocean. It shows a variety of different morphologies depending on its location. It feeds on plankton and derives part of its energy requirements from microalgae found within its tissues. It is an important member of the reef building community and subject to the same threats as other corals. It can cause painful stings to unwary divers.
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Caption: Millepora alcicornis, Print, Millepora alcicornis, or sea ginger, is a species of colonial fire coral with a calcareous skeleton. It is found on shallow water coral reefs in the tropical west Atlantic Ocean. It shows a variety of different morphologies depending on its location. It feeds on plankton and derives part of its energy requirements from microalgae found within its tissues. It is an important member of the reef building community and subject to the same threats as other corals. It can cause painful stings to unwary divers.
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Image size: 2914 × 4550 px | 37.9 MB
Print size: 24.7 × 38.5 cm | 1147.2 × 1791.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: CALCAREOUS SKELETON • CAUSE PAINFUL STINGS • COLONIAL FIRE CORAL • CORALS • DERIVES PART • DIFFERENT MORPHOLOGIES DEPENDING • ENERGY REQUIREMENTS • FEEDS • IMPORTANT MEMBER • LOCATION • MICROALGAE • MILLEPORA ALCICORNIS • PLANKTON • PRINT • REEF BUILDING COMMUNITY • SEA GINGER • SHALLOW WATER CORAL REEFS • SPECIES • SUBJECT • TEXTILE • TEXTILES • TEXTILES: ALL • TEXTILES: WEAVING • THREATS • TISSUES • TROPICAL WEST ATLANTIC OCEAN • UNWARY DIVERS • VARIETY • WEAVING • WITHIN