Id of some of my sps

[crazy seahorse]

I have had success before in here with id´ing some of my sps, so I will try again.
In Denmark, where I come from, its not often You get a name of the corals You are bying. Mostly its just an Acropora or a Montipora.
M.digitata is of course known, but the Montipora that grows in plates, is often just called Monti-plate (red, purple or green).

So, I hope that its ok that I aks You guys.
Here´s the first pics. I hope they can be used for the Id.

The first one came in only this piece, which I bought. No other information, just this, An Acropora, it was rare and it had never been i Denmark before.

In the second pic. there is two Monties and one Millepora (bought as Millepora red and that it) But the Millepora must have a second name og maybe another firstname.

Erik

 

[hockeyismylife]

First my guess would be Acropora Caroliana

Plating monti could be montipora capricornus.

Millepora= Acropora Millepora

 

[Frick]

There is a good chance the Green Acropora could be A. caroliniana. The picture is just a bunch of long axial tips and one small branch. without seeing the rest of the colony I cannot be 100% certain that it is A. caroliniana.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0015

Here in the States every one calls all plating Montipora "caps". Short for Montipora capricornis. Most that are called a "cap" are NOT M. capricornis but some other species of plating Montipora. Yours is not M. capricornis because I see coenosteum ridges between the corallites that point outward. this is not a characteristic of M. capricornis, but more likely it is Montipora foliosa or Montipora delicatula.

http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0268
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0255
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0451

The second purple Montipora is tough to make out the detail and I am not sure how it is growing (plating, encrusting, mound). It kinda resembles M. crassitubeculata.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0250

As for the millepora, Acropora millepora is the full species name. I do not beleive this is A. millepora because the branches are too long which is how A. prostrata grows. This A. prostrata in the reference looks very close to yours.

http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0824

A. millepora will be identical to A. prostrata, except the branches are short and evenly spaced. I can't see the rest of the colony so maybe the rest of the colony is doing that. You will have decide.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0047

 

[crazy seahorse]

Thank You very much for the quick answers.
I was very surprised (positive) of the Id on the green Acro. I knew that it could be rare. Surprised, because we almost NEVER see this rarities in the shipments to our country.
I have looked in my old pics to find some, that could show a little more of the growth on the Acro and the Monties.
The pics are from jan. 2012 and it shows the same corals, just a year younger.

The green Acro is growing from a plate from where the axial tips are coming.
The blue monti is not encrusting at all. Its just plating.
The green monti is encrusting and plating. I have fragged it and some of the frags has a plate whit a spike in the middle of the plate. It is not "forced" by any other coral nearby, so its my guess that its a part of the normal growing behavior, or am I wrong here?

I hope that the pics will do.

Erik