What Euphyllia is this?

[davejnz]

i have pics of mine,I'll post them shortly

 

[stevedola]

its not a traditional hammer coral but maybe some type of variation.

 

[davejnz]

It is definately E.aprancora.Polyp size/shape can change under different conditions.I have 2 color morphs of this coral.The green tipped one has morphed its tentacle shape into something very similiar to the coral in question.

 

[AustinVines]

That is a very nice coral. It is so full looking; like a mop with electric green ends

 

[roverhere]

E. cristata... sold almost always as Hammer; but has rounder tips, and occasionally has multiple "tips" per long polyp...

For alll practical purposes, consider it a cross between Hammer, Torch & Frogspawn...

USED to be really rare (as did E. yaemensis), but both show up quite a bit now - with E. cristata being sold as hammer, and E. yaemensis being sold as Frogspawn (looks a LOT like it, but tentacles are shorter/fatter - almost "dreadlock" like).

So, look up E. cristata (as a couple of other folks already pointed out).

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/101-200/Species pages/146.htm

 

[AustinVines]

That was what I was looking for, rover... I was picking up a frag of yellow tonga yellow and a guy's house and I was explaining to him about my new branching "hybrid" euphyllia and was immediately thought of cristata. Good call from him w/o even seeing it That is a cool site you linked to btw. Thanks for that as well.

 

[porky]

Here is my torch/frog mutant coral.
Some of the tentacels look like torch and some are split like a froggie

 

[davejnz]

How about a pic of the corallite with the polyp retracted.E.cristata can be distinguished from E.parancora by its septa.
I still am leaning towards E.parancora

 

[AustinVines]

Here is a pic of the polyps mostly retracted. Let me know if you want to see them fully retracted for id purposes.

 

[jjmcat]

Wonder how these hybrids have come about.Ive got a hammer/frogspawn.

 

[davejnz]

If you want to be sure you will have to remove the coral from the tank.Let the tissue completely retract then take a pic of the corallite/septa.E.cristata has septa that are much more exsert than E.parancora.Should be easy to distinguish the 2 species if you can get a decent pic of the corallite/septa.