Euphyllia Question

[debincalif]

Can someone explain to me the differences between some of the euphyllia species? Some of my specific questions are:

1) I have what I thought was a frogspawn frag, but then I read that frogspawn have more than one head per tentacle; mine does not. So is it actually a hammer?

2) What is an "octopussy" coral? And a cristata (sp?)? Are they euphyllias, and if so, how are they different from each other?

3) How is a grape different from a frogspawn?

Sorry for all these questions... just trying to get some more information.

 

[michael_cb_125]

Frogspawn (Euphyllia divisa)

Frogspawn (Euphyllia paradivisa)

Hammer Coral (Euphyllia ancora)

Grape Coral (Euphyllia cristata)

Torch Coral (Euphyllia glabrescens) is very similar to Grape Coral (E. cristata)

I am not sure what an octopussy coral is, maybe a pearl coral:

~Michael

 

[michael_cb_125]

Even within each species of Eupyllia there are variants. There are so many types of Hammers, Frogspawns, Torches and Grapes.....


~Michael

 

[geaux xman]

this is my frogspawn. so it only has one head??

 

[ScootsComputes]

Hammer Coral (Euphyllia ancora) shown is a wall hammer isn't it.

 

[Jgut3]

Yeah my hammer looks totally different but its def a hammer.

There's are so many different variations. Never heard off octopussy coral???

 

[debincalif]

I thought that a hammer had distinct hammer-shaped heads. What I bought as a frogspawn frag actually looks just like Jgut3's picture above. So that's a hammer???

I'm so confused...

 

[ScootsComputes]

Heres my hammer next to a torch

 

[phoenixstar89]

octopussy usually refers to euphyllia yaeyamensis, also known as a thick branch frogspawn.

 

[sjwitt]

Here's my frogspawn (green) next to hammer (pink).

 

[Lukes_Reef]

Here's my frogspawn (green) next to hammer (pink).

Those look amazing!!