cats paw stylophora?
 

Looking for a proper ID on this coral. Am I correct to assume it's a "cats paw" stylo? I thought I'd have some fun with a camera zoom-in sequence. When I got zoomed in on this thing it reminded me of that old "flying through space" screen saver. Makes my eyes go all:crazyeye:

sort of close
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...ts_paw_1_1.jpg

closer yet
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat..._paw_macro.jpg

even closer
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...polyps_1_1.jpg

I'm pretty sure that coral is called a "Ruth needs a frag of that" coral. It is very rare - but I notice that you have a few others in your tank with the same name:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

ruth i think you are close but scientific name is colinneeds afrag ofthat. you were close though.

i have no clue what its called....but would love a frag of it......are you thinking of doing any frags from it? Let me know

Colin - I would love to agree with you but unfortunately, in this case, I cannot. You see I am a self proclaimed expert on corals of that particular name:agrue: :wink:

Looks like Pocilliopora to me.

Wow you guys are very scientific, although it seems corals may not be an exact science yet.:lol: I had not planned on fragging Mr. Fuzzy quite yet. Thanks Albert, I wondered about that but it is a lot different than the known pocilliopora I have and thought it looked like some pictures I've seen of cats paw.

Most likely it's Pocillopora damicornis; It could be Stylophora pistillatta - but polyp shape seems to be slightly off - So my bets are on P. damicornis.

Definitely not Stylopora. Most probably Pocillopora.

I'll see if I can find a pic of my old Stylo ...

Here's one I used to have:
http://members.shaw.ca/reefs/delphin...0103%20009.jpg

Very nice piece, seems like a pink base, green polyp pocillopora to me.
Probably the same as this:
http://members.shaw.ca/reefblog/reef...pink_green.htm

My vote is pocillipora as well. You will know for sure if you start finding new colonies of it forming all over your tank :surprise:

It was a volunteer that just grew out of some live rock so the ID sounds logical.
Thanks for the help folks.

That is very close and similar to the same sort of transitions that took place with mine.
Thanks

I've heard that Pocillopora's will do "polyp bailout" and start new colonies. Not a true spawning event but sorta similar results in that suddenly little tiny colonies form out of nowhere. The one I have hasn't done that to me though so I'm not sure if some are more predisposed to it than others.

Yeah I've heard it is polyp bailout as well. I have two types in my tank and only one of them has started colonies elsewhere.

That is cool that yours grew that large from one polyp.