Fire coral (Millepora dichotoma).

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Fire coral (Millepora dichotoma). Showing the hairs that are covered in cells called nematocysts which the Fire coral uses mainly as a defense mechanism against fish which may feed upon it as well as against prey for food. Fire Corals are not true corals but Hydrozoans or Hydroids. Egypt, Red Sea.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Egypt Red Sea
Photo credit: © Georgette Apol / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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