> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Cnidaria](Cnidaria.md) **Class**:: [Hydrozoa](Hydrozoa.md) **Subclass**:: **Order**:: Capitata **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Milleporidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Millepora **Species**:: M. alcicornis **Vernacular**:: Sea ginger ## Photos  *[95 - 2022-11-27 - Ras Nasrani - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](95%20-%202022-11-27%20-%20Ras%20Nasrani%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md)*  *[112 - 2023-02-27 - Pointe Lamarre - Saint Pierre - Martinique](112%20-%202023-02-27%20-%20Pointe%20Lamarre%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md)* ## Notes Just don't touch this, this specie can inject a venom that causes a painful burning sensation that can last for weeks. This is due to their powerful [Cnidocyte](Cnidaria.md#Cnidocyte). Even though it can be called a coral, it is not, because it belongs to the [Hydrozoa](Hydrozoa.md) class. It is often in an encrusting shape. Found in Egypt, and in carribean sea. ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millepora_alcicornis - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Millepora-alcicornis-Corail-de-feu-branchu-283/(rOffset)/17