Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Spiral Wire Coral
Cirrhipathes spiralis
Spiral Wire Coral
Category: Black Corals
Scientific Name: Cirrhipathes spiralis
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Hexacorallia (Class)
  └Antipatharia (Order)
   └Antipathidae (Family)
    └Cirrhipathes (Genus)
     └C. spiralis (Species)

Corals
Black Corals

Spiral Wire Coral

Feathery Black Coral

Hawaiian Black Coral

Common Wire Coral



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