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title: "Branching Fire Coral"
description: "Millepora alcicornis — Outros animais. Millepora alcicornis, or sea ginger, is a species of fire coral with a calcareous skeleton."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/branching-fire-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Branching Fire Coral

> Millepora alcicornis — Outros animais. Millepora alcicornis, or sea ginger, is a species of fire coral with a calcareous skeleton.

- Scientific name: *Millepora alcicornis*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1834
- Wikidata: [Q519338](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519338)
- iNaturalist taxon: [105877](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/105877)

## Names

- en: Branching Fire Coral
- es: Coral de fuego
- fr: Corail de feu branchu

## Countries with the most observations

MX (199), US (86), VI (84), KY (77), HN (76), PA (67), BZ (63), BM (45), CU (42), BS (40), PR (39), CW (30)

## Summary

Millepora alcicornis, or sea ginger, is a species of fire coral with a calcareous skeleton. It is found on shallow water coral reefs in the tropical west Atlantic Ocean. It shows a variety of different morphologies depending on its location. It feeds on plankton and derives part of its energy requirements from microalgae found within its tissues. It is an important member of the reef building community and subject to the same threats as other corals. It can cause painful stings to unwary divers.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78360355

## Machine access

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