SPS Identification Please...
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n8ureman
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I have that exact same coral! And yes indeed it is a gorgeous piece!
Here is a bad shot of mine taken with my iPhone.
So naturally like you I wanted to know what acro this is and referenced Vernon for the answer.
This is what I came up with.
Acropora parahemprichii
Here is the link to the sdmas page in case you want to read more.
http://sdmas.com/corals/927.php
Check out what is said about color, the yellow tips are a "giveaway" for this species. Let me know what you think.
Hope this helps.
Here is a bad shot of mine taken with my iPhone.
So naturally like you I wanted to know what acro this is and referenced Vernon for the answer.
This is what I came up with.
Acropora parahemprichii
Here is the link to the sdmas page in case you want to read more.
http://sdmas.com/corals/927.php
Check out what is said about color, the yellow tips are a "giveaway" for this species. Let me know what you think.
Hope this helps.
klepto
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How you can tell this from a single image is impressive.
I'm not saying you don't have the same coral, just that I think it is risky to assume that because it looks similar to your coral that they are the same species. Without skeletal comparison, how can you be so sure?
That said, I think A. parahemprichii is a suitable ID. If you can take a close up of a branch tip, it may help to solidify things.
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klepto
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Just giving you a hard time. Ignore my cynicism. Keep up all the ID help you have been providing. You definitely have an eye for it.
n8ureman
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:lolspin: LOL! Whew! for a minute there you really had me going!!
I have what my wife would call an "obsessive" passion for the work of Vernon!! And I really enjoy using this passion to help the rest of my fellow RC members find out what corals they have!! And now that finals are done and I am on break for the summer, (pre-reqs for nursing) I can work on my "baby". It's a project I have been working on of making a "short-cut" of sorts to stream line the process of using Vernon's work to helps us hobbiest find what coral we have! (if you've used his book for this purpose and did not know where to start, you know what I mean!) and I hope to have something worthy of a beta test by the end of this summer...:bounce1:
klepto
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Sounds useful. Keep us posted.
klepto
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It looks like Joe was right to me (with A. parahemprichii). None of the other similar species have a structure that resembles your coral.
The description seems applicable too. "Axial corallites are prominent. Radial corallites are rounded, tubular and appressed except towards branch tips, and are arranged in rows." The mention of the "yellow corallite tips" could also apply if the color balance on your image is accurate.
The description seems applicable too. "Axial corallites are prominent. Radial corallites are rounded, tubular and appressed except towards branch tips, and are arranged in rows." The mention of the "yellow corallite tips" could also apply if the color balance on your image is accurate.
klepto
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Could be. This was one species I had in mind initially, I just couldn't remember the name for the life of me! Here's the link and image for reference.
http://sdmas.com/corals/10.php
jb61264
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I wish I could remember...I believe it was acquired a couple years ago as a frag from a LFS
