What is the ID of this bottle brush Acropora please?

[DiscusHeckel]

 

[C.Eymann]

Acropora echinata

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Thank you sir.

Why did you rule out A. speciosa or A. turaki?

 

[C.Eymann]

Turakis coral lites are usually more rounded at the openings, their radiular corallites are not as pronounced as yours as well, so I'm almost certain it's not turaki.

Speciosa and echinata however are practically identical taxonomy wise, so yes there is the possibility it could be speciosa. The reason I think it is more than likely not is because speciosa usually exhibits lighter base color with bright colors around the eND of the branches /corallites..
Where as echinata is usually a solid color and the teal green/ blue yours has is very common to A.echinata.
Checkout ORA Hawkins echinata to compare.

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Thank you again. This makes sense.

 

[Myka]

...but ORA Hawkins echinata is not an echinata, it is lokani.

 

[C.Eymann]

...but ORA Hawkins echinata is not an echinata, it is lokani.

Not sure of your source of info but lokani is much larger in structure, thicker branches, rounded axials. reef builders claims it's turaki but I don't believe that to be true either.

 

[DiscusHeckel]

I did not know that. Thanks.

I believe that this coral of mine is A. lokani. Can you please confirm:

 

[Myka]

Not sure of your source of info but lokani is much larger in structure, thicker branches, rounded axials. reef builders claims it's turaki but I don't believe that to be true either.

It's "general knowledge". Just do a Google search. Maybe it is indeed turaki, not lokani or echinata. The trouble is, without a lab we can't say for sure. Corals of the same species can look very different simply from a different locale. It's fairly impossible for us to make anything other than a good guess.

My Hawkins definitely looks different than a typical lokani.

 

[ajcanale]

Hawkins is a turaki

 

[selje]

I believe this is a Turaki as well.

Echinata look like this by the way

 

[DiscusHeckel]

That looks more like so-called ice fire echinata.

 

[selje]

Acrually it is an Aussie Echinata, but it is indeed an Echinata. The Hawkins Echinata is a Turaki. And I believe you also have a Turaki.