acan vs acan lord

[mnml]

Can anyone tell me what's the difference between an acan and an acan lord? Does one have bigger polyps?

TIA! :rollface:

 

[otiso777]

Acanthastrea (aka Acan) is the genus name and lordhowensis (aka lord) is one of the species within that genus.

 

[Tyler.L]

lords i find are bigger than just regular acans i could be wrong.....but from everythign i've seen they're alot bigger

 

[revautosports]

Acan Lords are Acans. There are different species of Acans. Like Lordhowensis, enchinata, subenchinata, bowerbanki, maxima, etc.

 

[zeppelin]

Here's a good identification link. It shows both the difference in skeletal structure and flesh structure in different acanthastrea species, as well as other corals.
http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/coralid_search.php

Hope that helps.

 

[mnml]

thanks everyone, i now have a better understand.