Id this Monti(?)

[fuerstderfinsternis]

Hi,

can anyone please id this SPS Coral please?

thx.

fuerstderfinsternis

 

[Doubledown]

Not Monti. Looks more like a member of the Favia family.

 

[GMAX]

Looks like an encrusting montipora to me. A little bleached unless that is the photo, and polyps seems severely retracted too, like coral is not at all happy. There are so many species of montipora I am not going to try to pin it down to a species.

 

[THEPHISHGUY]

My guess would be porites sp.

 

[fuerstderfinsternis]

@doubledown
It's not a Favia, the photo is about 2x bigger than in real.

@gmax
The polyps are not retracted, they are realy small (the white points. It is neither bleached, it is a little bit more brownish than on the photo.
But you are right, it is encrusting.

@thephishguy
I thought of Porites, too, but at the lfs they told me, that it was described as Montipora on the import list.

 

[tnyr5]

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from a friends tank, always thought it was Montipora venosa or maybe M mollis. Could be a porite too.

 

[Kurt448]

Importers and fish stores commonly mis-label porites as montipora...my guess would definitely be porites sp.

 

[GMAX]

After further review I would say it does look quite similar to Porites Australiensis. Go here:

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/301-400/Species pages/315.htm


And look specifically at photos 2 and 3.

 

[fijiblue]

Could be a Montipora Turgescens. Here is a link to one:

http://liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?ddid=10696&siteid=20

 

[Serioussnaps]

montipora bleachadensis???

 

[fuerstderfinsternis]

Porites Australiensis could be a hit.

When the light went on this morning, I noticed small transparent tentacles. Seems like it is only showing it polyps at night.

I saw a coral that was looking nearly the same yesterday at a lifestore, but this one was yellow, not brown.

@serioussnaps
It's not bleached, it is just a bad photo. The coral is doing well and starts growing.