The corals on the bottom of the sea are like the flowers and trees on our land, decorating the colorful underwater world, but in fact, corals still have many identities.
Red coral
Red corals have a dense skeleton and bright color, and grow in tropical and subtropical regions with temperatures above 20 °C and near the equator. Buddhists in India and Tibet in China regard red coral as the embodiment of the Buddha, and they use coral as a mascot for Buddha worship, mostly used to make Buddha beads, or to decorate idols, which is a highly cherished jewelry gem variety.
At present, due to the large number of mining, the number has decreased sharply, and it is listed as a first-class protected animal in China.
Thousand Hands Buddha Coral
Thousand Hands Buddha coral is rich and varied in color, and likes to live alone.
Sunflower coral
They are grouped together in the water in a semi-spherical cushion, while the exoskeletons, which resemble the crown of the calyx, are exposed one by one. It likes to move in the shadows and only stretches its golden tentacles in the shadows.
Bulb sea squirt
The bulb sea squirt is a transparent marine creature. It has yellow or white lines on its body, and it can see the movement of its internal organs, which looks like a light bulb from a distance, hence the name bulb sea squirt.
Christmas tree worms
These fascinating corals come in many colours: yellow, orange, blue and white, and are widely distributed in tropical oceans around the world. Christmas tree worms are very sensitive and quickly retract back into their burrows when they encounter the slightest contact or disturbance.
Bubble corals
Bubble corals need light to expand or expand, and when open during the day, they look a lot like bubbles, pearls, or grapes. When deflated, you can see that they have a very hard skeleton.
Tiger ear mushroom
These mushrooms are like the paint in the painter's paint plate scattered in the ocean, and they have fascinating colors: red, orange, purple and green. The red tiger ear mushroom is the rarest and most precious.
Big flower brain coral
The large-flowered brain coral has gray-green, reddish-brown, light blue and other colors, and looks like a human brain. Mostly live on the surface of reefs, and some live on sediment or pebble ground 40 meters below the surface of the water, feeding on plankton.
Leather coral
Leather coral comes in many colors, including brown, cream and deep red. The good-looking mushroom corals look like folded leather, and they reveal their peduncle-like tentacles at night or when eating in the water.
Clove hydra body
These stunning hydras are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and are available in brown, red, pink, white and green. The small ones are clove hydras, while the large ones are usually used as gloves for hydras.
An animal can still blossom, which is the amazing admiration I made when I watched "Animal World" when I was a child, and I still feel shocked!
Written by: King of Recreational Diving
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