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Old 10-09-2002, 04:13 AM
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Default BTA or not BTA is that a question?

Ok the other thread was all over the place. Very intresting stuff I might add. The whole id thing is intresting. Chris and I were talking last night about it. We both felt it's very odd a anemone would be called a bta that has never shown signs of bt's. Chris asked Sam about his in another thread and Sam said that at night the bt's were more promonent. Their for making the fact of it being a bta more clear. Chris now has a clone from Sam's anemone. Chris's has bt's all the time I believe. So I think we all agree it's a bta. Now the anemone that Emily and Bob have,if I understand it correctly has never shown the slightest signs of bt's. Am I correct? Do we know in total how many clones are alive? Ok so we do all agree that a bta is a Entacmaea quadricolor right? Is their other members in the Entacmaea family? The reason I ask is if the anemone in question is indeed from the Entacmaea family could it or should it be a different species? (After Emily's post I relize that what I wrote in bold print is incorrect.) Tony mentioned in a previce thread that one of the characters of a bta are the presence of verrucae on the column. This is also a character thats shared with Heteractis crispa (LTA). Again this is all in an attempt to learn more. My main intrest lies with Acropora and I understand how difficult it is to id these animals. The only positive id I end up with is what color they are. Are anemones easier?
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