Sps I.d.

[robertloop]

Hey guys.. Somebody I.D.ed this coral for a few months back and I lost the name! whadeya think....

And if the tang would get outta the way.......

 

[Unarce]

Hard to say from the pic, but my first guess would be digitata.

 

[Justin74]

You have a nice Psammacora

-Justin

 

[Justin74]

Do I get a frag for answering correctly?

-Justin

 

[GorillaReefer]

It actually looks like a branching Povona or Hydnophora. Is it green?

Psammacora, have thicker branches.

 

[Unarce]

You guys are on the ball. Branches are a lot thinner than a Psammocora digitata. Could be Psammocora contigua or obtusangula.

 

[Justin74]

Cant count on thickness, that can be just a product of flow or lack there of when branches get thinner. Looks just like the frag I got from racrumine, who Ive been actually dodging confronting him lately about that frag :hmm2: You can tell by the tips if its a hydnaphora because most (especially the branching ones) have that distinctive ridge at the tip, without a better shot where the light isnt bleeding over detail its gonna be all guesses. The green polyp extension is similar in both psammacora and the pavona but the bulbous look of a few of the tips make me stick with psammacora.

-Justin

 

[robertloop]

Ok.... I'll flip off the halide and take another pic........
....Edit....

On second thought.. I'll leave the halide on and change the ISO to -2.0. Man I love digital photography. :smokin:

Ok HERE WE GO... Now you can see the ridge at the ends of the coral....

I'm leaning toward Psammacora digitata. Justin nailed it I think. It's in a very low flow area.

 

[Justin74]

Well that made it a very hard call, now. Over all it still looks like a psammacora, but there is a specie of hydnaphora that does have a distinctive linear ridge along the tips like a few of those do. The ones that dont, and are round Id totally say psammacora like I did before, but those ridges got me second guessing myself. Typically you can easily distinguish with the more common hydnaphora even the encrusting ones will have that pyramid-ish conical shape coralites. But like I said there is a specie that ridges at the tips, might have to take that over to Marine Depot for Eric B., but he'll more than likely ask for a skeletal sample

-Justin