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To: Pet-Fishing in Fiji Part 1, Part 3
| Oh yes, plenty of the hydrozoan known as Fire Coral in
Fiji... do watch where you set your body. |
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Soft Corals:
Dendronephthya sp. Indo-Pacific. Polyps in groups of
varying number on the distal branches of colonies. These are supported by
internal and surface (visible) sclerites. Feed on very fine plankton and
dissolved organic matter. Very difficult to maintain in captivity. Some
examples in Fiji. |
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| Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard 1833),
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific. Hardy, easily reproduced asexually. To one foot in
diameter. Feeds on plankton or similar material. A small one fully open
Below:
Sarcophyton sp. (elegans?). These young colonies on the reef flat in Fiji. |
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| Lobophyton spp. Common throughout its range in the
Indo-Pacific. Feed via photosynthesis and plankton. Grow in folds or
finger-like projections by folding coenenchyme. |
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| Stony Corals:
Acroporids:
Many beautiful Acroporids, Staghorn Corals are found in Fijian waters. |
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| Umm, a purple
Acropora monticulosa in Fiji... not air-brushed, I swear!
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| Two occluding Montipora colony plates... note "the
demilitarized zone" between them. |
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| Cat's Paw Corals, Family Pocilloporidae |
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On to: Part 3! | |
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