Green plate id please

[titusoates]

Greetings from across the pond, I am hoping that someone can id this plate for me, it was given to me as an unkown plate with green hair or polyps, was about 2cm across when i got it and in less than one year it has grown to 12cm, sorry the pics are not as good as i would have liked.

IMG]http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp181/titusoates/S7000035Small.jpg[/IMG]


Regards
Kevin

 

[trippkid]

Howdy m8, I'm going to say from the pic, it looks like it could be Pavona(explanulata, varians, or decussata). Good luck, can you get a clearer shot of the coral? Have a good evening.
Matt

 

[MCsaxmaster]

Agreed, that's Pavona (good chance of P. decussata).

 

[titusoates]

green plates id please

green plates id please

Thank you, i cannot get a better picture but have looked on a few site for P. decussata and found some good pic on
http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/tiere/586_Pavona_decussata.htm
which looks alot like mine, i shall do a bit more reading on this baby.

Regards

Kevin

 

[trippkid]

No problem Kevin, do you belong to any of the UK forums, I am on MarineFishForum.com, it seems like a pretty good forum, kind of small, but there are a couple of very knowledgable people over there. http://www.marinefishforum.com/ Check it out if you have not already before. Have a good evening.
Matt

 

[returnofsid]

Could it possibly be an encrusting Hydnophora?