Chalice ID?

AaronFC

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I have these 2 chalices that I am either still coral sitting or have been given... Not sure where that's going BUT..... I have never been a chalice guy and haven't payed much attention to what names and colors are. What are these guys?
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On the second one, the side with more green is turned away from the light and the blue side is facing the light.


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the one on the right with yellow sprinkles i have a huge colony of that chalice that was most likely a frag that i cut up for someone lol
 
Is there any kind of reference guide to chalice corals for identifying them? They seem to have as many names as zoa's
 
there a few different species of chalice corals all the crazy names are just easy ways of identification . here are the species listed from an article from advanced aquarist .

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/chalice-corals

Echinophyllia
Echinopora (Though Faviid and not Pectiniid, it is included here because of similar morphology)
Oxypora
Mycedium
Pectinia
Physophyllia
Echinomorpha
 
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