Heliopora
The only soft coral with a hard skeleton, and that skeleton is genuinely blue under the tissue.
- Living surface is brown to grey-green with fine polyps; the blue only shows where the skeleton is bare or broken
- Plating or columnar hard growth, despite being an octocoral
- Grows slowly and stays rigid, unlike anything else in this group
Blue Heliopora Branching
Moderate Light: Medium Flow: Medium
Blue Ridge Coral
Moderate Light: Medium Flow: Medium
Photographed as Heliopora — morph not yet pinned down
Confirmed to the genus but not an exact morph yet. Recognize one? Propose the specific morph below and vote on others' suggestions — a confirmed match moves the photo to its own morph page automatically.
No photos are sitting at the Heliopora level right now.