紫色米尔卡型又名紫色息肉Stylophorais a very unusual coral. Of all the strains of birdnest (Seriatopora)cat’s paw (Stylophora) andPocillopora我们曾经看到过为交易进口的东西，许多人以巨大的颜色和彩色息肉来表现出来，但没有人表现出Milka Stylo的奇怪金属紫色息肉。
我们已经知道，Milka Stylo在水族馆生活中的血统始于法国的摩纳哥水族馆，并已在整个欧洲水族馆的爱好中记录了十多年。今年夏天，在新加坡参加Aquarama时，我们与摩纳哥水族馆的标志性前策展人让·乔伯特博士（Jean Jaubert）博士有一段时间。
There is plenty of literature citing the Moncao Aquarium’s many expeditions to the Red Sea so we asked Dr. Jaubert point blank if the Milka Stylo came from there. After describing to him what the “Milka Stylo” was in old school terms, he scratched his chin, then his eyes lit up as he began to recognize the coral we were asking about.
To our delight, Dr. Jean Jaubert confirmed that this purple polypedStylophora pistillataindeed was collected in the Red Sea, making it the only species of any coral available to reefers coming from this iconic coral reef ecoregion. So the next time you see a purple Milka Stylo in your or someone else’s reef tank, imagine it growing into a big colony in the Red Sea with some wild Orchid Dottybacks and purple tangs swimming about, Bicinctus clownfish hosting the anemone next door, while red pearlscale and semilarvatus butterflyfish occasionally nipping on its juicy purple polyps.
