Hammer Corals

Its skeleton grows in a continuous meandering fashion and is frequently referred to as the ‘wall’ hammer coral to differentiate it from the ‘branching’ hammer corals which have multiple heads that are separated by dead portions of the skeleton.  The coral is most easily distinguished from the similar Torch or Frogspawn corals by the shape of the tips of its polyps which have a characteristic anchor,  hammer or T-shape to them which gives it it’s common names.