Colony ID please

[animalkingdom]

just picked up a frag of this acro colony from the lfs but dont know what it is species wise

 

[animalkingdom]

bump

 

[Frick]

Maybe Acropora ocellata.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0540

 

[animalkingdom]

thanks for the reply mate. that definitely looks similar, but from the data sheet it comes only off the coast of Africa/Madagascar. I didn't know we were collecting from this region and besides I was told this piece was an Aussie. I can get some close ups of the corallites of my frag, but the previous pic is all I have of the colony. let me know if you think frag pics would help

 

[Frick]

The dark blue area are potential origins for the corals too. I think the red dots indicate where they have been documented from the author. But still nothing found around Australia. Can you take some pictures close up of the corallites? What does the other side look like? From what I can see from this side it looks like the middle division from a larger colony.

 

[animalkingdom]

Thanks for your time. I always value your insights into coral ID. Ill get some pics of my frag tonight after the lights come on. As far as the other side of the colony I didn't get a good look but I believe it was at one side of the original mother colony as one side of the LFS colony had more axial corallites and more space braches

 

[animalkingdom]

Frag closeup:

 

[animalkingdom]

now im thinking tenius

 

[NVfishman]

a. tenius +1