Pretty sure this is acan maxima
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RandyO
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The spiderman pic was Tigaboy's. It was an echinata, and it was awesome.
Amy's picture was the last one of the Reefslides in Septemeber 2004.
Here's the original reefslides of Astounding Acanthastrea
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/reefslides/index.php
neyugn0w01
In Memoriam
Great picture. However, I am 100% sure that the "unknown" is not a echinata or a lord. Someone with the "unknown" just needs to test the theory.
RandyO
Active member
I had to read this post over a few times, and I'm not completely sure I know what your saying, but if you are saying that the piece you are calling A. maxima is defiantly not a lord or echinata, I would agree with you. What ever they are, they are something else.
For example, the orange looking coral at The Captive Reef looks like an orange Scolymia vitensis.
Here's a link to his Orange coral.
http://thecaptivereef.samsbiz.com/userimages/3%20polyp%20maxima.jpg?rand=1136606736
It could be Multi-mouth Scolymia vitiensis
Maybe a multi-mouth Scolymia australis
Characters: Usually solitary but sometimes two to four centres occur in one corallite, or occasionally in separate corallites. Corallites are saucer-shaped and less than 60 millimetres diameter. Septa are sturdy with blunt saw-like teeth.
Or possibly Scolymia cubensis
Characters: Usually attached but may be free-living, with a tapered base. Polyps have one, rarely two or more centres and are sometimes over 100 millimetres across. They may be only a few millimetres thick, with successive regrowths forming tiers. Sometimes corallites have several mouths. Septa are in two or three orders of slightly different size. A paliform crown may be distinguishable. Polyps are fleshy. Colour: Uniform or variegated brown, red, tan or green. Sometimes bright orange (which may photograph brown). Similar species: Solitary polyps of Mussa angulosa. Habitat: Lower reef slopes and soft substrates. Abundance: Uncommon.
Taxonomic note: It is commonly believed that there are three, not one, species of Scolymia in the Atlantic. The names Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766), S. cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) and S. wellsi (Laborel, 1967) have been variously used. In most publications (best depicted by Zlatarski and Estalella, 1982), S. lacera is actually Mussa angulosa with solitary polyps. The name S. wellsi is usually given to small polyps of the present species and to those from Brazil. Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Fenner (1993).
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neyugn0w01
In Memoriam
I wish I still have a picture of that "unknown", even though it is not a maxima. I know someone on RC has a picture of that coral. Please post if you do.
al abaqueta
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Very nice, but i think if you noticed that you're colony is producing babies,smaller heads, then you have your answer, It is a large Lord. Hope this helps. Al
All Delight
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What "unknown" are you talking about? The Atlantis Unknown?
I'm all confused.
al abaqueta
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I think it is a very nice coral. But Acan maximas reproduce by a method called fission, splitting into two separate parts, which then develop into 2 completely independent entities. Al
neyugn0w01
In Memoriam
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9192175#post9192175 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by All Delight
What "unknown" are you talking about? The Atlantis Unknown?
I'm all confused.
Yes, I am talking about that one.
All Delight
New member
I have that one. I'll take a pic and post it. My lights are off for the night so it'll have to be tomorrow.
We're talking about the orange and green one right?
We're talking about the orange and green one right?
All Delight
New member
Lam,
Nevermind I got a pic. Is this the right coral?
Nevermind I got a pic. Is this the right coral?
neyugn0w01
In Memoriam
Yes,
Right there in the middle. Be careful with it. If it is really slimy when you pick it up, it was the same one that I had. You got some nice lords in there.
Right there in the middle. Be careful with it. If it is really slimy when you pick it up, it was the same one that I had. You got some nice lords in there.
All Delight
New member
I haven't had any problems with it. Cross my fingers and knock on wood. That lord next to it, sometimes they touch.
