The tubastraea faulkneri is known as the Orange Cup or Sun Coral, pictured above. Scientific name: Tubastrea aurea. . Growth lines are often apparent on the epitheca; these are also called rugae ("ruga" is Latin for wrinkled), which gives this group of corals their scientific name (thus, rugose corals are the "wrinkled corals"). The yellow tube sponge is a relatively large sponge (to over 3 feet/1 m) that lives on coral reefs around the Caribbean Sea and its adjacent waters. This tube serves as the worm's home and protection. The common name is an accurate description of the species, with individuals typically having a yellowish color (sometimes almost iridescent yellow-blue at deeper depths) and consisting of one or more tube-like structures. Like members of its family, it can secrete a calcareous tube around its body. Common name (s): Orange tube coral, Sun Coral, Orange Cup Coral, Orange Sun Coral. Location: Indo-Pacific.
Tube Coral (Tubastraea): Tube Coral is a large polyp stony coral, and is found in a variety of colors and forms depending upon species. Family: Dendrophylliidae. Spirobranchus giganteus is commonly found embedded entirely in heads of massive corals, such as stony corals like Porites and brain corals. This species is a soft coral but with a unique, hard skeleton of calcium carbonate that contains many organ pipe -like tubes. Found around the coast of Fiji, the Solomon islands, and Indonesia, this coral is also popular in home reef aquariums. The term "tube coral" includes several species in the genus Tubastraea, which differs greatly from many other stony coral genera. It is the only known species of the genus Tubipora. The Coral Tube Sample is a raw material gained by harvesting a Giant Coral Tube or a Coral Shell Plate with the Survival Knife. Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria.They typically live in compact colonies of many identical individual polyps.Corals species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.. A coral "group" is a colony of myriad genetically identical polyps. The Organ pipe coral (Tubipora musica) is an alcyonarian coral native to the waters of the Indian Ocean and the central and western regions of the Pacific Ocean. The Coral Tube Sample can be scanned, although the method to do this is by obtaining one and dropping it when harvested from a Giant Coral Tube or simply scanning a piece which falls off from Coral Shell Plate. Temperament: Peaceful.