Acropora id please

[Robster84]

Trying to narrow this down








Thanks

 

[andrewo]

Thinking Horrida? Thats a lovely coral you got there.

 

[ajcanale]

I'd say it's a Tenius over a Horrida... based on the coralite structure. Growth patters looks very Horrida-like though.

 

[Robster84]

Thinking Horrida? Thats a lovely coral you got there.

Thank you. I am pretty lost on an ID. I bought it as a blue tipped acropora but it has completely changed colour since it was a frag. This piece is only quarter of the colony

I'd say it's a Tenius over a Horrida... based on the coralite structure. Growth patters looks very Horrida-like though.

I have a Tenuis and it looks different to this. I will not give up until i ID it :lol:

Any more shots at what it could be would be helpful

 

[Robster84]

I'd say it's a Tenius over a Horrida... based on the coralite structure. Growth patters looks very Horrida-like though.

Looking at google images for blue tip tenuis, its not a bad guess

 

[ajcanale]

I have 3 different tenuis'... maybe 4. Anyways they all have different growth patterns, I'm IDing based on coralite and polyp structure.

Horrida's don't seem to have such pronounced and angular cupped coralites like in the above pictures. They are shorter and rounder.

http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0034

I used to have an ORA borealis (tenuis) that looked very similar to the colony posted above.

 

[Robster84]

Ah so that may be where I go wrong. I have been looking for similar growth structure aswell