Yellow Sun Coral
July 28, 2010 by aperio
Filed under Aquarium Basics
Yellow Sun Coral
Tubastraea aurea
“Nicely subdued in color, yet still a brilliant reef aquarium attraction”
6/18/2010
The bright Yellow Sun Coral is another one of those… ‘knock-your-socks-off’ …beauties!
The pretty Yellow Sun Coral Tubastraea aurea is a nicely subdued color version of the Tubastraea genus. Another great photographic coral. The corallites of the T. aurea, the hard round, tubular structures that the polyps live in, are covered with a tissue called the coenosteum. The polyps have lightly colored tan or golden tentacles, with the center of the polyps being pale red-orange, and the coenosteum being yellow. It is similar to, yet a bit more delicate than, the slightly brighter Orange Sun Coral T. faulkneri, that has yellow polyps contrasted with bright orange centers and background… Read More
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Yellow Sun Coral
Yellow Sun Coral
July 28, 2010 by admin
Filed under Aquarium Basics
Yellow Sun Coral
Tubastraea aurea
“Nicely subdued in color, yet still a brilliant reef aquarium attraction”
6/18/2010
The bright Yellow Sun Coral is another one of those… ‘knock-your-socks-off’ …beauties!
The pretty Yellow Sun Coral Tubastraea aurea is a nicely subdued color version of the Tubastraea genus. Another great photographic coral. The corallites of the T. aurea, the hard round, tubular structures that the polyps live in, are covered with a tissue called the coenosteum. The polyps have lightly colored tan or golden tentacles, with the center of the polyps being pale red-orange, and the coenosteum being yellow. It is similar to, yet a bit more delicate than, the slightly brighter Orange Sun Coral T. faulkneri, that has yellow polyps contrasted with bright orange centers and background… Read More
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Yellow Sun Coral