Porites, porites and ...porites?

dendro982

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I have different Christmas tree rocks, are all of them porites? Or specify which porites.
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1. Common kind, large brown polyps:
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2. Could be the same, but polyps are smaller. Same brown:
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and greenish:
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3. Unknown frags, looks alike, but vertical growth, not boulder:
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4. Greenish in a good light, but general impression as brown:
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5. Sand colored, different:
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6. Green:
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Oh man, there are about as many encrusting porities and montis as acros........

Try "Corals of the World" by Jen Vernon.
 
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