Branching Turbinaria from Eye Catching Coral is Full of Mystery

Turbinaria只是一群令人敬畏的石质珊瑚，充满了多种多样且非常耐用的珊瑚。在某些方面，宝塔，杯子和卷轴珊瑚的坚固性与典型的软珊瑚更相似，使其成为低光和更高营养礁水族馆的理想选择，并照顾经验不足的水族馆。

一般来说，颜色Turbinariacorals never stray much from what can generously be described as ‘earth tones’ so they rarely command the kind of hype that more fluorescent corals usually do. This subdued demand is fortunate for the coral connoisseurs who seek out more interesting and unusual corals such as the bizarre branchingTurbinaria最近出现在醒目的珊瑚库存中。

我们经常庆祝英雄珊瑚的高度不寻常的形状，也就是Turbinaria Heronensis，因为它们不确定的生长形式从完全杯形到非常强烈的分支。我们之所以如此着迷于英雄珊瑚直到2011年我们在美国看到一个。

但是最近的分支集合Turbinariathat Eye Catching Coral is taunting us with fits even further outside the range of growth forms we’ve previously encountered. We’ve seen very thin branching Hero corals before that looked almost like a miniature Duncanopsammia but this strain seems somewhat indeterminate, somewhat branching and somewhat trying to flatten into small tiers.

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Unlike other groups of corals that we are much more familiar with, it’s hard to extrapolate the ’cause’ of this Hero coral’s funky branching shape. It could be its pure genetic determinate colony shape, a long shot which would be hard to prove is that it might be a hybrid with another species, but the most likely explanation is that it grew in an atypical environment, perhaps turbid or deep water or both.

这个时髦的英雄珊瑚的额外奖励是它具有吸引人的黄色息肉，但不幸的是，Turbinaria Heronensis似乎具有夜间息肉的扩展行为。我们的收藏中已经有了各种各样的英雄珊瑚。