Acropora and Montipora ID's

[selje]

Hi,

Appreciate some help on these.

#1 Turaki or Echinata?

#2

#3 Montipora what?

#4

#5 Orbicularis?

#6 Granulosa?

 

[Frick]

1 Looks like Hawkins Echinata aka Turaki
2 Looks like Batunai, I have had that before and it got the fuzzy tips. One of my favs http://sdmas.com/corals/643.php
3 Monti Spungodes http://sdmas.com/corals/272.php
4 Red Planet (cant like to ORA today, not sure what is up with their site)
5 That will be a tough call. It is in the middle of changing growth patterns. Those new tips should be what you should go by for IDing. Which they look most similar to Lokani. but i would let it take off a little more and bring another pic back here.
6 Granulosa http://sdmas.com/corals/33.php

 

[selje]

1 Looks like Hawkins Echinata aka Turaki
2 Looks like Batunai, I have had that before and it got the fuzzy tips. One of my favs http://sdmas.com/corals/643.php
3 Monti Spungodes http://sdmas.com/corals/272.php
4 Red Planet (cant like to ORA today, not sure what is up with their site)
5 That will be a tough call. It is in the middle of changing growth patterns. Those new tips should be what you should go by for IDing. Which they look most similar to Lokani. but i would let it take off a little more and bring another pic back here.
6 Granulosa http://sdmas.com/corals/33.php

Thank you

Doubt the coral in #4 are ORA Red Planet. Impossible to get ORA in Norway. But it's very similar. Do you know what kind of Acropora the RP is? I first thought it was Hyacinthus, but doesn't look like my other Hyacinthus now.

 

[klepto]

Thank you
Do you know what kind of Acropora the RP is? I first thought it was Hyacinthus, but doesn't look like my other Hyacinthus now.

I was initially under the impression that the RP was A. hyacinthus. But a RC member informed me that supposedly it was released as A. anthroceris.

Here's the thread. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2026264

I was also thinking A. anthroceris for your #4 unknown.

After looking closer at the image, it also resembles some of the maricultured (most commonly Indonesian) A. millepora that I have seen. They tend to encrust for a while before showing a recognizable growth form.

#4 shows scale like radial corallites which are uniformed in size and tubular axial corallites (although another image would be helpful for the axials).

A. millepora
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0047/view#
A. anthroceris
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0008/view#

 

[selje]

Thank you Klepto. Here is another photo of #4.

 

[dlaws]

#3 definitely looks like montipora spongodes. Nice piece.