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Tubastrea  faulkneri Variously sold as Sun, Orange Cup/Turret, Sunflower, Sun Polyps... Circumtropical distribution. A can-be kept species if you constantly feed it, and can keep up with concurrent water quality maintenance from the feeding. Raja Ampat 08.

Genus Rhizopsammia Verrill 1870. From Joe Fish on FB: "Note how the polyps are seemingly disconnected from one another. They bud off via stolons, which eventually become overgrown with benthic organisms once the coenenchyme dies back. Tubastraea are far more cohesive... basically built the same way as Dipsastraea." Raja Ampat 08.
 
Tubastrea micracantha (Dana 1849), Black Sun Coral. External flesh (coenesteum) green to brown to blackish in color. Colonies are often tree-like, up to a meter in height. Also exceptional for the genus, T. micrantha is a poor captive survivor. Consummate with its feeding habits are good current, filtration to remove foods, wastes.. Generally found in areas of good current. Raja Ampat 08.
 
Tubastrea micracantha (Dana 1849), Black Sun Coral. External flesh (coenesteum) green to brown to blackish in color. Colonies are often tree-like, up to a meter in height. Also exceptional for the genus, T. micrantha is a poor captive survivor. Consummate with its feeding habits are good current, filtration to remove foods, wastes.. Generally found in areas of good current. Raja Ampat 08.
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