When it comes to little known oddball corals,Gardinoserisis by far one of our super favorites with almost no known aquarium specimens in the reefing hobby. Therefore when we’re gallivanting in the parts of the Coral Triangle as we did during the Fluval Sea Flores Expedition, we ket a keen eye out for this unique coral in all its various forms.
Gardinoseris planulata可以在螺旋板中生长出刺激性，下辅助，球形，甚至在某些罕见情况下。制造的功能Gardinoseris蜂窝状的珊瑚岩非常独特，中央口腔中具有辐射的凹槽，使这种珊瑚物种具有非常特殊的“地质”外观。
而Gardinoserishave been documented to some degree before, in our most recent encounters withGardinoseris planulata我们以几种新颜色观察了这种凉爽的珊瑚种。几乎所有的照片Gardinoseris或多或少是浅棕色，灰色和偶尔的浅绿色，在弗洛雷斯海，我们能够看到一些绝对绿色的殖民地和一个美丽的标本，实际上是深棕色，带有更明亮的绿色口腔碟片。
The combination of dark brown ridges and brighter green cells of the honeycomb was a striking feature of this one particularGardinoseriscolony which was beautiful in daylight, but would have been absolutely astounding under fluorescent or bluer aquarium lighting. We never expected that we would see such a striking coloration ofGardinoseris在野外，但是看到它是家庭琼脂科的一部分，并且与Agaricia, Pavona和瘦肉, it’s even conceivable that this species may occur in a metallic orange coloration. We’ll be keeping an eye out for it that’s for sure.
