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title: "Net Fire Coral"
description: "Millepora dichotoma — Other animals. Millepora dichotoma, the net fire coral, is a species of hydrozoan, consisting of a colony of polyps with a calcareous skeleton."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/net-fire-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Net Fire Coral

> Millepora dichotoma — Other animals. Millepora dichotoma, the net fire coral, is a species of hydrozoan, consisting of a colony of polyps with a calcareous skeleton.

- Scientific name: *Millepora dichotoma*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 747
- Wikidata: [Q2294231](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2294231)
- iNaturalist taxon: [105881](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/105881)

## Names

- en: Net Fire Coral
- de: Netz-Feuerkoralle
- fr: Corail de feu ramifié

## Countries with the most observations

EG (343), IL (15), SA (15), JO (9), AU (3)

## Summary

Millepora dichotoma, the net fire coral, is a species of hydrozoan, consisting of a colony of polyps with a calcareous skeleton.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millepora_dichotoma

## Photo

![Net Fire Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/net-fire-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dmitry Semigradsky · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169180776

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/net-fire-coral?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).