Acropora ID anyone?

[jaimeomg]

Hi everyone,

I recently bought this Acro and am unsure as to which one it is. It could possibly be A. horrida but I was hoping someone here would know for sure.
Thanks

 

[crawlerman]

I could be wrong, but it looks dead. I don't see any tissue or polyps. The coralites just look like empty tubes. have you seen any polyps on it at all?

 

[chefzif]

+1 it is dead! Hope you did not just get this!

 

[dvanacker]

Yep..the unfortunate identification is, that it's dead.

Hope someone didnt sell you this....

 

[gig]

Acropora skeletonis

 

[jaimeomg]

Yeah, thanks for the responses guys. I had just received this Acro via mail from down south (England) and it had only been in the tank about 5 minutes when I took this pic. I stupidly hadn't even really 'looked' at it before asking for ID but it is very obviously dead.
Oh well, at least I'll get my money back!

 

[gon08]

Acropora skeletonis

Are you sure it's not actually an Acropora skeletonyensis? :spin2:

 

[Whisperer]

The lowest branch in the front looks like it still has tissues, can't see the holes on the individual coralites there. If not, I'm sure it's acropora gonnerii

 

[Frick]

Okay so we determined it's a gonner. Good news it should be very easy to ID. It can be too confusing with all the annoying tissue on there.

So the coralites look like Copiosa. http://sdmas.com/corals/381.php
But that appears to be a pretty rare find, so unlikely.

I would have to say a Tort from the way it is growing. http://sdmas.com/corals/75.php
Check out the base compared to this pic.

 

[Frick]

Okay so we determined it's a gonner. Good news it should be very easy to ID. It can be too confusing with all the annoying tissue on there.

So the coralites look like Copiosa. http://sdmas.com/corals/381.php
But that appears to be a pretty rare find, so unlikely.

I would have to say a Tort from the way it is growing. http://sdmas.com/corals/75.php
Check out the base compared to this pic.