difference between rics and yumas

[bakestarr]

what are the physical differences between a ric and a yuma? i picked up a 1" frag for $10 yesterday at my lfs... its got these colors but the tentacles/bubbly things on it are not as long...

 

[Dwarfpufferfish]

Well, Yuma are rics! There are Ric. Florida and Ric. Yuma.

The pic is of a Florida and the difference is Yuma tentacles go all the way up the mouth and do tend to be smaller!

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

That is an R. florida. The difference is that there is a ring of vesicles around the mouth of the Ricordea. The vesicles are also not branched like that of Rhodactis. R. yuma will tend to have most of a variety of sizes of vesicles while R. florida is rather uniform. Here are comparisson shots of two of them.

Ricordea yuma

Ricordea florida

 

[bakestarr]

thanks...