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is it clavularia or gorgonia?
photosynthetic or azoox?
in Julian's book does it mention that the polyps are always of white color and that they do not contain zooxanthellatae, nevertheless does not Fabricius comment on anything on this matter, any contribution?
Eric H. Borneman in his book Aquarium CORALS, shows to another very similar coral so-called Coelogorgia palmosa.
of subfamily Telestinae consists of four genera:
Carijoa
Paratelesto
Telesto
Telestula
none are regularly avaible to the aquarium hobby, although the first two fairly well known both in nature and in numerous field guides.
Caijoa (F. Muller 1867) white colonies superficially sinilar to teleso. bushy colonies with tall, thin axial polyps, wich bud daugther polyps. Pacific species has retractile polyps, tapering bushy branches connected by stolons and frequently covered by red sponge.
Carijoa riisei has densely branched, bushy colonies with large white polyps, including a terminal polyp, and white to pale pink stalks. Epizooic qrowth present. These are pioneer species of new hard substrate in various locations.
(Azooxanthellate, it must be fed fine particulate foods and tiny planktonic forms).
Paratelesto (Utinomi 1958) Similar to telesto but axial polyp has multiple solenia rings.
Telesto (Lamouroux 1812) polyps retractile intro anthosteles and withour mesogleal introsiuon tissue. simple unlayered stoklons without fused sclerites. axial polyps have a single ring of solenia.
telesto fruticulosa (orange telesto) is found in varied hand substrates in the tropical western atlantic.
Telesto saguinea (red telesto)is a bright red deep water atlantic species.
Testula (Madsen 1944) white to brown colonies of layered stolons with fused sclerites.Mesogleal intrusion tissue present. polyps retraqctile into stolons.
now I am more confused .........:reading:
there are others, almost equal; Ifalukella :reading:
Harald, me to supported with the following pic:
with difficulty, mine.
photosynthetic or azoox?
in Julian's book does it mention that the polyps are always of white color and that they do not contain zooxanthellatae, nevertheless does not Fabricius comment on anything on this matter, any contribution?
Eric H. Borneman in his book Aquarium CORALS, shows to another very similar coral so-called Coelogorgia palmosa.
of subfamily Telestinae consists of four genera:
Carijoa
Paratelesto
Telesto
Telestula
none are regularly avaible to the aquarium hobby, although the first two fairly well known both in nature and in numerous field guides.
Caijoa (F. Muller 1867) white colonies superficially sinilar to teleso. bushy colonies with tall, thin axial polyps, wich bud daugther polyps. Pacific species has retractile polyps, tapering bushy branches connected by stolons and frequently covered by red sponge.
Carijoa riisei has densely branched, bushy colonies with large white polyps, including a terminal polyp, and white to pale pink stalks. Epizooic qrowth present. These are pioneer species of new hard substrate in various locations.
(Azooxanthellate, it must be fed fine particulate foods and tiny planktonic forms).
Paratelesto (Utinomi 1958) Similar to telesto but axial polyp has multiple solenia rings.
Telesto (Lamouroux 1812) polyps retractile intro anthosteles and withour mesogleal introsiuon tissue. simple unlayered stoklons without fused sclerites. axial polyps have a single ring of solenia.
telesto fruticulosa (orange telesto) is found in varied hand substrates in the tropical western atlantic.
Telesto saguinea (red telesto)is a bright red deep water atlantic species.
Testula (Madsen 1944) white to brown colonies of layered stolons with fused sclerites.Mesogleal intrusion tissue present. polyps retraqctile into stolons.
now I am more confused .........:reading:
there are others, almost equal; Ifalukella :reading:
Harald, me to supported with the following pic:
with difficulty, mine.
