Acanthophyllia, scolymia

[Lamball1]

Hey, Does anyone know what the visible differences between acanthophyllia and scolymia are? I have trouble distinguishing the two.
Thx

 

[MechEng99]

Acanthophyllia typically are...well...huge. They fluff up much more than scolymia.

Acanthophyllia

Scolymia

Scolymia

 

[Nemo4ev]

Also the bottom of scolymia is usually flat. Acanthophyllia come to a point at the bottom

 

[Lamball1]

KK, Thanks A lot. It's hard to perceive actual size from a picture. Thanks guys

 

[karimwassef]

what is this? I rescued it from a broken tank last year, but since then it's gone from being very recessed into its own skeleton, to expanding out over the base...

Apr 2015
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Jun 2015
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Sep 2015
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Oct 2015
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Nov 2015
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Dec 2015
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[karimwassef]

Jan 2016
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Feb 2016
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I think it's a bleeding apple scoly? But heard acan lord, acan maxima?

All the pics are to show it in different states and over time - may help identify

 

[steallife904]

looks like scoly to me

 

[Tweaked]

definitely scolymia

 

[karimwassef]

What confirms me? Which image shows you the indicators that it's a scoly?

 

[mikejrice]

Jan 2016
I think it's a bleeding apple scoly? But heard acan lord, acan maxima?

All the pics are to show it in different states and over time - may help identify

Awesome heal job!

In my opinion the easiest indicators to look for are the texture of the outer diameter. Acanthophyllia has a much more textured look to its outer flesh whereas scolymia has a much smoother outer ring.

Acanthophyllia can also transform much more than scolys when eating.

 

[karimwassef]

Cool. Thanks.