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Tubastrea micracantha (Dana 1849), Black Sun Coral. External flesh (coenesteum) green to brown to blackish in color. Colonies are often tree-like, up to a meter in height. Also exceptional for the genus, T. micrantha is a poor captive survivor. Consummate with its feeding habits are good current, filtration to remove foods, wastes. Oh yeah, and about covered in Waminoa flatworms where alive; a pinkish sponge where not. S. Leyte 2013

Turbinaria peltata (Esper 1794), Cup Coral to aquarists (aka Octopus, Platter, Saucer, Turban, Vase in the trade). Indo-Pacific; east Africa to Samoa. A hardy species that often produces copious mucus that is perhaps a double mechanism to clean itself of detritus and possibly feed.  S. Leyte 2013
 
Turbinaria peltata (Esper 1794), Cup Coral to aquarists (aka Octopus, Platter, Saucer, Turban, Vase in the trade). Indo-Pacific; east Africa to Samoa. A hardy species that often produces copious mucus that is perhaps a double mechanism to clean itself of detritus and possibly feed.  S. Leyte 2013
 
Euphyllia ancora Veron & Pichon 1980, Hammer or Anchor Coral. Tentacles with anchor, hammer or u-shaped tips. Genus Euphyllia Dana 1846: These corals are unified and identified by salient characteristics of their skeletons, the walls of which are thin, solid, smooth edged, reach from the middle to edge of colonies. Warning: The stinging cells of these species are strong to many humans as well as aquarium specimens!  S. Leyte 2013
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