Thought this was a Tort not so sure now

[ros_sco]

When I bought this as a frag, it looked a lot like my frag of Cali Tort, just green. As it grew out, it never really got thick at the base. The branch on the lower left and the small one in the middle are actually relocated after a bump accident... Which is why I was wondering about my ID as the branch pretty much stays the same diameter clear down to the base. The growing end still looks like my Cali Tort, down to the neon green ring in the center of the axial coralite. The Cali Tort is in the background. Any Ideas?

 

[Brian Chong]

maybe Acropora Exquisita sp

 

[Brian Chong]

http://coenomap.philreefs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21%3Aacropora-exquisita-spn&catid=13%3Athe-nemenzo-collections&Itemid=68

 

[GhostCon1]

Could just be the age of the colony, but his looks like the branches are too thin to be the one in your link.

Also, when I saw it at first glance I though A. echinata. But now I am not so sure since your colony looks to be too thick in places for an echinata.

 

[organism]

It's an Acropora navini

 

[GhostCon1]

It's an Acropora navini

I am not seeing the resemblance.:hmm1:

 

[organism]

I am not seeing the resemblance.:hmm1:

True, there's not much resemblance to the pic of an Acropora carduus you posted...

It does resemble pics of an Acropora navini though

 

[GhostCon1]

True, there's not much resemblance to the pic of an Acropora carduus you posted...

It does resemble pics of an Acropora navini though

I took zeovit on their word that it was A. navini. I googled the images and, well, I'm sure you know how that usually goes...

And then I went back to page searches and zeovit looked like the first "credible" site. :hammer:

 

[organism]

I do the same thing all the time, just that I had this exact same Acro a while ago, and after a ton of research settled on it being a navini due to the fact that it grows axial corallites off of radial corallites

I miss when Veron had the aims site with all the acro species pics online, made it so much easier for id's

 

[gon08]

Acropora gomezi maybe.

 

[ros_sco]

Thanks for the input. I had pretty much decided it was a Gomezi as well since the radial corallites on the Exquisita are more scale like.

Link to Acropora Gomezi picture from AIMS site:

http://data.aims.gov.au/coralpages/html/901-1000/Pix/922-02.htm

Most recent picture of my colony.

 

[MammothReefer]

It's a tort imop. I've sold many torts over the years from ORA and they all look just like that. ORA TORT = Cali Tort, the Oregon tort looks a bit different.

http://www.oracorals.com/ora-blue-tort-staghorn/ora-blue-tort-staghorn-colony/

edit: better yet here is a frag directly from ORA from a few years back

(ps no i'm not an ora dealer any more)

 

[dudley moray]

looks like A.gomezi

 

[MammothReefer]

it's very likely the ora tort is an a gomezi, or it could be a tort.

Tort in the wild

Gomezi in the wild

Corals grown in captivity can do some odd things.

 

[organism]

Good call on the gomezi, definitely looks closer than my navini guess