acro identification

[giuseppe78]

Hi guys, what kind of acropora is this?
thanks

 

[JackKerouac]

hehehe Giuseppe

 

[giuseppe78]

Hi Luca,
ahahah!
Do you know the its name or is simple acropora sp.?

Bye
Giuseppe

 

[Kolognekoral]

Not sure, but it reminds me of A. vaughani, a relative of A. tortuosa and A. horrida.

 

[JackKerouac]

This is a very unique Acro,I own the mother colony.
The tissue is black with teal polyps.
Giuseppe got a frag from me last sunday,but that frag comes from the tip of the branch.
By this picture you can confuse this Acro,as shape the only one that looks similar to it it's the Acropora teres in Veron book,but mine is black with teal polips......who knows maybe it's a new species....?

 

[Kolognekoral]

I agree, this is a very different Acropora, but A. teres has a very flat surface. The radials are just light bumps. Yours has tubular, lightly appressed radials with round openeings. There are two distinct sizes of radials, the smaller just exert.

A. austera is similar, but has more crowded radials of various sizes.

Both species could show this blue-black colouring. Do you have a foto of the mother colony?