White dots on Torch. Worry or not?

[katonge]

What are these small white dots on the stalk of my Torch (?)?

 

[KJ]

Spirorbid Worms

 

[James M]

That’s a hammer coral

 

[katonge]

That’s a hammer coral

Thanks. I still have trouble remembering which is which

 

[katonge]

Spirorbid Worms

So harmless but annoying? That’s what I got from the hitchhiker thread.