What is sps coral?

SPS corals (Small Polyp Stony Corals) are small polyp hard corals, and most SPS are hard corals.

Hard corals have single and complex bodies, and the tentacles and septa are generally six and multiples of six. It first appeared in the Middle Triassic and extended to modern times. There are two types of reef-building and non-reef-building. There are single corals and complex corals. The shape of the single body is generally cone-shaped, and the complex body has plexus-shaped, corner-columnar-shaped, interconnected-shaped, and brain-striated shapes. The surface walls of hard corals are not easy to preserve, but the walls are preserved.

Main species: horn coral, branch coral, ring coral, brain coral, etc.

There are hundreds of species of hard coral, ranging in size, shape and color. Most hard corals have names associated with the objects they resemble.

Extended information

P genus SPS coral species:

1. Classic bird nest species

1. South Pacific Green Bird

2. Red-bodied Green Bird (South Pacific Green Bird in the background)

3. Indonesian Thin-branched Green Bird

4. Indonesian Thick-branched Green Bird (African Green Bird in the background) (too, there are subtle differences)

5. Green-headed Bird

6. Indonesian Tricolor Bird (Pohnpei Bird)

7. South Pacific Green-headed Redbird (pink body, green head)

8. Twiggy Redbird

9. Twiggy Purplebird

10. Nantai Thick-branched Redbird

2. Thumbtacks. Thumbtacks are much less popular than bird nests and usually consist of three colors: green, purple and red.

1. Thin branch purple pushpin

2. Thick branch purple pushpin

3. Thin branch fiber optic pushpin

4. Thick branch Fiber optic thumbtacks

5. Green thumbtacks

6. Thick red thumbtacks

3. Cat bones (genus Bigornis), there are not many varieties.

1. Green cat

2. Ka body green-headed cat

3. Purple cat

4. Xisha red cat

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5. Australian Red Cat (also called Red Cherry): Red Cherry has a redder skeleton and reddish fur, while the Xisha Red Cat’s fur is blue-green.

6. Nantai red cat with green background (rare, the one on the right is a red cherry)

7. Indonesian bicolor cat (bones are pink or brown, hair is blue-green)

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