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Net fire coral
Millepora dichotoma
Not a coral at all, and it will remind you of that for two days.
- How often
- Common
- Group
- Corals
- Visible while snorkelling
- Visible while snorkelling
Mustard-yellow blades with white tips, growing in flat plates and nets on the shallow reef. Despite the shape it is not a stony coral but a hydroid, related to jellyfish, and it carries the stinging cells to prove it.
Contact produces an immediate burn and a welt that itches for days. It grows precisely where a snorkeller or a new diver is most likely to brush against it, in the shallowest, brightest water.
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