cats paw stylophora?

Ruth · #1 01-08-2007, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by niloc16

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

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

albert_dao · #2 01-08-2007, 03:13 AM

Looks like Pocilliopora to me.

Snappy · #3 01-08-2007, 03:36 AM

Wow you guys are very scientific, although it seems corals may not be an exact science yet.

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.

AndyL · #4 01-08-2007, 04:31 AM

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.

Delphinus · #5 01-08-2007, 06:06 AM

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:

butters88 · #6 01-08-2007, 07:20 AM

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

Snappy · #7 01-08-2007, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by butters88

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

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