![Whip coral](http://ejlabs.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/whip_coral-550x366.jpg)
Whip corals, or wire corals, belong to a group of black corals, most common in the tropical and subtropical sea. You can find many interesting critters and they blends colors and patterns in perfectly with this coral.
![Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp - Pontonides ankeri](http://ejlabs.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_4920_900-550x366.jpg)
![Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp - Pontonides ankeri](http://ejlabs.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6678_900-550x366.jpg)
![Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp, Dasycaris zanzibarica.](http://ejlabs.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_7057_900-550x366.jpg)
![Whip coral goby (Bryaninops yongei) on a whip coral (Cirrhipathes sp.)](http://ejlabs.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_3680_900-550x366.jpg)
I guess commensals gain protection from the coral but the whip coral has no direct benefit.
Whip coral 또는 wire coral이라고도 하는 회초리 산호에 속하는 이 산호에는 다양한 생물들이 공생하고 있습니다. 특히 몇가지 종의 멋진 새우들이 적들로 부터 쉽게 눈에 띄이 않도록 산호의 색상과 완벽하게 조화를 이루고 있습니다. 하지만 정작 집을 제공하는 회초리 산호는 얻는것이 무엇일까요?