For the last twenty years a certain subset of wild corals have been deemed to be ‘limited edition’, but since these come from the boundless ocean, how limited could they be? Well today we have what is perhaps one of…
Hotspot Of Bicolored Plate Corals Has A Very Cool Explanation
Humans have a special affinity for living things that are bicolored, and we especially love it when we see striking two-tone coloration in corals. For some of these specimens, genetics are at work, and for others we collectively believe that…
Top 10 Bicolored corals and invertebrates
Invertebrates and corals in particular, are fascinating to us higher primates (humans) particularly because they seem so alien from us. Everything about them from the way they live, the way they develop, and even the way they die (or partially die)…
Chimera Heliofungia, a fusion of two long tentacle plate corals
It’s quite rare that we see a long tentacle plate coral which is noteworthy enough to turn heads, but we have a special treat for you today. This incredible Heliofungia actiniformis comes to us from Bali Aquarium who spotted this specimen…
Cycloseris disc corals can exhibit full-on Chimeras
If there’s one thing we love about corals the most, it’s that they don’t play by the same rules as other animals. Corals are able to exhibit a whole array of seemingly impossible biological phenomenon, including the ability to be…
Possible Acropora chimera: a table acropora develops unusual upright branches
We spotted many beautiful corals and unknown colors while thoroughly assessing the coral life of Kwajalein Atoll, but one particularly colony stands out among our discoveries for some very unusual features. Two coral species which are well represented inside the…
Two-face Australomussa has all the earmarks of a coral Chimera
The Two-face Australomussa pictured here from Reefkoi shows a remarkable pattern of color distribution so striking that it deserved to be called something special. We’ve all seen a fair amount of weird color mixing in various LPS corals, with chalice…
