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Millepora_Maniac 08-03-2009 06:50 AM

Id?
 
Can Anyone ID this one for me, I have no clue!:mrgreen:
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...c/DSC_2196.jpg

justinl 08-03-2009 07:19 AM

i know it's a coral (which one I have no idea), but i just have to point out that if you don't look closely, the shape is very octopus-like! Even the "eye" is the right shape and place.

Canuckgod420 08-03-2009 03:17 PM

that is 1 sweet looking coral!!!

tlo 08-03-2009 03:25 PM

my first thought was some type of favia/favites. But not 100% sure

Millepora_Maniac 08-03-2009 05:06 PM

Hi Guys, yep, I think it's a favid as well. I was hoping some one would tell me the latin name, or at least a good name so I can frag it and call it some thing other than "colourful coral for sale":lol: It's pretty nice looking, It's definately an encrusting coral, I've never seen any sweeper tentacles on it. And the colours that you are seeing are not photoshoppped at all! After we figure this one out I have another one that I will make a separate post about.
Beleive it or not, this coral was kind of a freebie, it was attached the the base of an SPS coral that I bought from J+L a few years ago, I hated the weird base that the SPS came in on, so I broke the main coral off of it and attached it to a larger rock. This coral was about an inch across when I first detached it from the SPS, since then it's spread over about a five-six inch area.
Has anyone ever seen a coral like this before?

Canuckgod420 08-03-2009 05:32 PM

I've seen that 1 before.....wait a minute.....didnt I take that picture? lol

banditpowdercoat 08-03-2009 05:33 PM

I want one

Drock169 08-03-2009 05:41 PM

Looks more like a Pavona sp. to me. Maybe P. Decussata?

Millepora_Maniac 08-03-2009 05:51 PM

Thanks Drock, That's waht I needed! I'm going to copy the second one and surf it out to see what they look like. Cheers!

Myka 08-03-2009 06:13 PM

I'm going with Pavona too, but I don't think it's P. decussata.

Millepora_Maniac 08-03-2009 06:53 PM

HI Guys, I looked at both of the a-forementioned corals from the previos thread, And this doesn't really look like the specimens that I saw, any other suggestions?

Navarchus 08-04-2009 07:56 AM

Hydnophora imo

Myka 08-04-2009 01:23 PM

Here is a Pavona sp that looks really similar. The additional lines could be as little as a color variation or yours being a bit more puffed up than the one pictured. Could also be wrong. This one is supposedly decussatus, but I think it is misidentified.

http://www.koralsiden.dk/Art/Pavona_decussatus.jpg

Millepora_Maniac 08-05-2009 01:57 AM

I'd say that the specimen Myka showed is the closest one, but it's definitely not a hydnophora, they branch out don't they?:question:

o.c.d. 08-05-2009 02:34 AM

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/P1220021.jpg
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/P1220022.jpg
This is for sure Pavona I had Eric Borneman I.D it himself.
What I see looks very fleshy. I think it is Pavona explanulata pg. 184 Corals of the World "Vernon" when Mr. Borneman replied to this id pic he said to tell what type of Pavona you need the skeleton with no tissue and magnification for proper I'D. So according to him a guess is best for type


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