Favia or Favites?

[theatrus]

Picked up this piece at a LFS about 2 weeks ago. Using the Borneman book I haven't been able to figure out if its Favia or Favites... and well its bugging me Any ideas?

(bigger and fuzzier: http://www.stackworks.net/aq082006/IMG_2029.jpg)

The two white specks on it are actually feather dusters which are somehow in the skeleton. It inflates nicely during the day and puts out feeding tentacles at night in response to cyclopeeze. Haven't noticed any sweepers yet.

 

[enitnelaVeyaF]

favities have coralites that connect. thus, your looks to be a favia of some sort.

cut of a couple coralites, and bleach them. buy, or borrow, Veron's Corals of the Would set and ID it from there. That's the best way to get an accurate guess. It's still a guess since morphology can be different within the same species.

 

[Marcio]

Its a red green favia. Actually nice, congrats!

 

[theatrus]

Thanks! There are some skeletons under the current colony which are encrusted with some sponges or other stuff, so no need to remove a polyp. The whole "chunk" isn't an actual rock but a large old skeleton which I assume got buried at one point.

 

[GMAX]

Favites share coralite walls. Yours have distinct walls. I would say favia.

 

[SPStoner]

My guess is Favia Speciosa

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/101-200/Species pages/158.htm

 

[pufferman90]

looks like a christmas favia
here's mine

 

[Underwaterparadise]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8035345#post8035345 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SPStoner
My guess is Favia Speciosa

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/101-200/Species pages/158.htm

Without looking it up that was my first guess as well

 

[Michelle L]

Well if you figure out what it is, let me know. I was given it's twin brother a month ago and haven't been able to identify it yet.

 

[jessp]

i agree christmas favia