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Mushroom Coral

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Mushroom coral (Heliofungia actiniformis)
Rather than forming colonies like most other corals, this mushroom coral is solitary and free-living; that is, it is not attached to the... More 7 Images 0 videos ...

 


fuzzy mushroom coral (Discosoma sp.)
ghost shrimp (Callianassa californiensis)
giant clam (Tridacna derasa)
gigas clam (Tridacna gigas)
green tree coral (Sinularia sp.)
hairy mushroom (Rhodactis sp)
hammer coral (Euphyllia fimbriata) ...

They have been known to form symbiotic relationships with such invertebrates as Mushroom Corals, Bubble Corals, Sea Cucumbers, and certain types of Jelly Fish.

Scolymia cubensis (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849) -- artichoke coral
Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766) -- atlantic mushroom coral
Scolymia vitiensis (Brüggemann, 1877)
Scolymia wellsii (Laborel, 1967) -- solitary disk coral, mushroom coral ...

See also: Coral, Shrimp, Brain Coral, Purple, Giant Clam