Fire Coral

Fire coral

Fire corals (Millepora) are a genus of colonial marine organisms that exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of stony coral. While coral is in the name, fire corals are not true (stony) corals but are instead more closely related to Hydra and other hydrozoans, making them a part of the organism known as hydrocorals. Fire Corals make up the only genus in the monotypic family Milleporidae.

Fire

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion reaction when the fuel reaches its ignition point temperature. Flames from hydrocarbon fuels consist primarily of carbon dioxide, water vapor, oxygen, and nitrogen. If hot enough, the gases may become ionized to produce plasma. The color and intensity of the flame depend on the type of fuel and composition of the surrounding gases.

Coral

Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.

Coral (color)

The various tones of the color coral are orange, red and pink representations of the colors of those cnidarians known as precious corals.

fire coral

Noun

1. Any of the genus Millepora of colonial marine organisms that physically resemble coral.