The Raptors Peace Coral is another brilliantly colored Favia/Favites coral with bright fluorescent green corallite ridges. Corallites of this coral are very unique and contain a bright violet pigment. The entire corallite is colored bright violet with some pinkish highlights. The inner corallite ridges are a dark purple black. Corallite outer ridges are composed of radiating lines of fluorescent green bumps. This green pigment can sometimes be found in the valleys located between the radiating lines of bumps.
Raptors Peace Favia
Details
Genus: Favia
Favia sp.
Color: Green, Purple, Blue
Coral Care
Feeding: None - Photosynthetic
Lighting: Medium
Flow: Medium
Photo courtesy of: Reeffarmers