Organ pipe coral - Wikipedia The organ pipe coral (Tubipora musica) is an alcyonarian octocoral native to the waters of the Indian Ocean and the central and western regions of the Pacific Ocean [1] It is the only known species of the genus Tubipora This species is a soft coral but with a unique, hard skeleton of calcium carbonate that contains many organ pipe-like tubes
Organ-pipe coral | Deep-Sea, Tube-Shaped, Colonial | Britannica Organ-pipe coral, (genus Tubipora), any of a genus of marine animals of the class Anthozoa (phylum Cnidaria) The single known species, Tubipora musica, occurs on reefs in shallow waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans and is characterized by long, parallel upright polyps, or stalks, supported by
Wallflowers of Science: The Genus Tubipora - CORAL Magazine Astonishingly little is known about the organ pipe corals, genus Tubipora, either scientifically or aquaristically Occasionally we encounter rare, unusual polyp forms, but these are usually labeled Tubipora musica, and they surely cannot all be lumped together as one species In this two-part series, we take a closer look
Organ Pipe Coral (Tubipora musica): Ultimate Care Guide Native to the Indian Ocean, Organ Pipe Coral has many horizontal, organ-pipe like tubes which give it the name A soft coral, it is often mistaken for a hard coral because of its red, external skeleton This colorful skeleton is usually obscured in the daytime by extended polyps
Tubipora musica – Pipe Organ is the Octocoral Polyp with a . . . Officially known as Tubipora musica the pipe organ coral has a very long and storied history being one of the first corals to ever be described more than 250 years ago by the father of modern taxonomy himself, Carolus Linnaeus in 1758
Introduction to Pipe Organ Corals - Coral Ever After Pipe Organ corals (Tubipora musica) are absolutely amazing, in my opinion They build red tubes for each polyp, and the varying heights of those tubes makes the coral look like… wait for it… a pipe organ! Their polyps extend out from the tubes and wave in the current
Department of Zoology at ANDC Zoology Museum Museum specimens . . . Genus - Tubipora Common Name Organ pipe coral Habit and Habitat It is a marine and colonial form It is widely distributed on the coral reefs in warm waters Identifying Characters Colony is made up of long and upright polyps Each polyp lives in a separate tube, which are parallel to each other