does it deserve a special name???

[mummra100769]

i really like this guy...couple of things.

1. what should i call it?
2.how often are these seen?
3.do any of you have this coral (and pics)?
4.what do you guys think?

day shot. the green is 3D....it is bumpy.

night shot

 

[monkey61672]

Could it be a type of brain called a moon coral?

 

[ri]

Nice pics - really like the night shot.

ri

 

[mummra100769]

yeah it's a favittes brain i just wanted some ideas on a common name.btw monkey i like the avatar.

 

[BullDZR]

I think you should call it the Green Himalayas "spelling"

 

[BullDZR]

or maybe the incredible hulk, or frankenstien favia

 

[RandyO]

I would call it a Goniastrea

It could be Goniastrea aspera

Characters: Colonies are massive to encrusting. Corallites are angular in shape and have thick walls. Long and short septa generally alternate. Paliform lobes are well developed in colonies from turbid water but may be absent in colonies from exposed habitats. Colour: Usually pale brown. Corallite centres are often cream. Similar species: Goniastrea edwardsi, which has similar skeletal structures but is much smaller. See also Favites pentagona and F. halicora. Habitat: Usually intertidal habitats where different colonies may adjoin to form flat expanses frequently over 5 metres across. Also occurs in protected turbid environments. Abundance: Sometimes common and may be a dominant species.


Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron, Pichon and Wijsman-Best (1977). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Nishihira and Veron (1995).


The Abundance says it may be a dominant species.

Here it is as the dominant species on the Great Barrier Reef

 

[John Kelly]

Buggle?



Edit: LOL....I thought you wanted a name for your coral. :smokin:

 

[mummra100769]

so do you think it is common in the hobby? i have only seen two of them.

buggle? buggle? i do want some ideas on a common name.

 

[mummra100769]

does it say anything about sweepers? it has super long sweepers.

 

[FiLM Heo]

those are petty common corals.

 

[mummra100769]

yeah they are pretty common. whatever you say bbulldog oops i mean film heo.

does anybody have pics?

 

[tomenugen]

Nice looking piece but available at most LFS that sells corals.

 

[mummra100769]

well lets see some pics. are the inner parts of the coralites really that common? i have never seen them like this before and i have seen alot of corals.

tomenugen: thanx for the input. you always seem to have something nice to say in my threads. i will JUS keep REEFIN though.lol

 

[Jacob D]

Tan and green is the usual color comination. I have a slightly more exotic morph seen below with feeders partially out. The feeders really come out at night. When not feeding it looks very similar to yours (deeply recessed coralites, etc...)

I picked it up before the micromussa craze and at one point thought it might be a species of micro, but eventually settled on Goniastrea. I have seen pics of pink ones too that looked nice. They don't seem to be highly sought after in the hobby.

 

[mummra100769]

do you have any other pics? that looks like a favia.

 

[Jacob D]

It's not a favia. The coralites are too small and not close at all to any favia shown on AIMS. It looks very similar to the 2nd and 3rd pic posted above. I'm about 99% sure it is a goniastrea.

I may have another pic that I can dig up, but I'd have to go to my other computer to find it and I'm too lazy right now

p.s. Hector has or had the only frag I ever made.