id me please!

[er1c_the_reefer]

i need id help on this piece please. i bought it as a micromussa species, but a buddy says it could be favites or favia. the polyps are single polyps on columns, sort of like b. merletti... i attached a picture of the skeletal structure if that helps

 

[musty baby]

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a cross section look like that. Not a Micromussa. I'd name it Favia or Favites but I still don't know the difference.

 

[Peter Eichler]

It's very nice but I hope you didn't pay Micromussa like prices for that... It's almost certainly in family Faviidae, and could be Goniastrea, Favites, or Favia.

 

[caddisfly]

Could be Micromussa Diminuta or Minuta. Looks more like Minuta to me.

 

[er1c_the_reefer]

i have favites, favias, and goniastreas. they tend to encrust and lack columnar growth... which is why they're throwing me off...

here's what aims says about minutas:

"Colonies are massive, cerioid, with circular corallites 5-6 millimetres diameter. Walls are thick. Septa are beaded and columellae are poorly developed. Colonies do not have thick fleshy tissue over the skeleton. Colonies may have ‘groove and tubercle’ structures separating corallites... Underwater this species can readily be mistaken for a faviid with small corallites."

 

[Peter Eichler]

My impression from the photos was that the corallites were pretty large, at least in comparison to most micros... Is that not the case?

 

[er1c_the_reefer]

sorry, that's a close up macro shot...

most of the corallites are less than a cm, with a few just slightly over 1 cm, which is the size range of m. minuta. m. amakusensis is supposed to be slightly larger, and m. diminuta is supposed to be smaller...

 

[Peter Eichler]

I saw this favia and instantly thought of your post. Certainly not the same, but somewhat similar.

http://www.******************/Merch...EC&Product_Code=fav_3-22-41&Category_Code=New

Edit: RC, if you're going to filter out so many other sites in hopes that they will pay your hundreds of dollars a month, at least allow me to delete my own posts!

 

[frederickk]

Sounds like a favia. How big is the rock?