sps coral package identifacation

[zakstrong]

Hello all, I purchased a pack of 35 sps frags last week from a man moving out of state. I am hoping some of you could help me learn their true identities. First few that I'm struggling with.

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Which acro is the green slimer (Acropora yongei) and what is the other one?

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My guess was Acropora secale

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I have no idea..


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Some sort of Tort

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Sand dollar montipora digi?

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Thank you experts

 

[Frick]

I am going to start off by saying these are all way to small to give a really good guess. but here is what i can say about them;
1. I can't really say either one is Acropora yongei (aka green slimer). Less likely the first one od the two because of the knobby corallites. http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0081
2. Acropora secale is possible, there are many other possibilities at this point. http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0062
3. The only thing I can go by on this one would be the corallites, which remind me of Acropora cytherea. http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0020
4. A Montipora or Porites species. Can't get any more detailed than that for now.
5. Acropora tortuosa is the best ID you can get. If it didn't come with some lineage or name then it is just a Acropora tortuosa. http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0075
6. Could be a Montipora or Porites again. The Tyree Sandollar Monti is not a M. digitata, but more likely a M. venosa. Not saying that is what you have tho. http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0279
7. Acropora millepora would be the cliche guess for now. It could develop into something else tho. http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0047
8. Maybe Acropora pulchra. http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0057
9. The corallites on A. gomezi are pretty distinct, I am going to guess that for now. http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0922

 

[zakstrong]

1-I looked closely at the corallites and they protrude at 90 degree angles from the main body. Where as the second picture seems more appropriate as they protrude at 45 degree angles. Is that right?

2-no change in coral

3-no more information

4-I think it is M. porites, german blue polyp. people call it a digi mistakenly I guess?

5-The man I bought them from said he gave me both Torts, one I know to be the Oregon and I assumer the other is the Cali. This picture being the Cali.

7-Is there any way to get more specific than A. millepora.. some have blue tips, others tips/polyps etc.

Also do you know if the "blue tip green slimer" is just a blue tipped A. yongei?

Thanks alot.

 

[Frick]

1. "they protrude at 45 degree angles. Is that right?" Wait is that a geometry joke? LOL jk Here is a link to A. yongei. The radial corallites are at a 45* angle, but so are 200 other species of Acropora.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0081

4. Montipora porites is a branching Montipora with many wrinkle like ridges. M. digitata would have smooth branches with immersed corallites. Does this coral branch? http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0734
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0252

5 and 7 if you are looking or names that is a matter of opinion. Mine is "Names" or "Show names" come with lineage. Lineage means these exact frags are descendants of a specific colony that was originally given that name. If they did not come with a name and certainty then the adding one is creating an imposter. Which at the size of a frag the possibilities can be enormous. The chance that you would guess a names coral and be right is a very slim chance. The proper and safest way is to identify by guessing the best ID for a species. As it grows and revisiting other possibilities. If it does well and has great color that show name will not matter. So you can slap a name on them and most likely it will not be right. There are too many variations more A. millepora out there, adding someones else name would be irreverent. That is my 2cents.