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07-21-2001, 04:47 PM
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I stink at taxonomic classification, need help on another id.
I believe this is a Symphyllia. Can anyone confirm? Also, can someone help with species?
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07-21-2001, 04:55 PM
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Need another photo, with flesh as retracted as possible.
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07-21-2001, 05:02 PM
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Need another photo, with flesh as retracted as possible.
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Greg, I wish I could help too but I know nothing about foreign corals.
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07-21-2001, 06:19 PM
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07-21-2001, 08:20 PM
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Greg,
The taxonomy keys didn't give any distinction, did they? 
Hard to tell for sure if the coralite walls are fused or not though, that might be the determining factor.
~Alice
Oh, try squirting cold water at it with a baster. I noticed my corals didn't like that very much when I did that with phyto right out of the fridge.
[ 07-21-2001: Message edited by: Alice ]
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07-22-2001, 01:04 PM
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Hmmmm...the coralite walls don't look fused to me. If not, I suspect it's a Lobophyhllia sp. L. hemprichii would be my guess but there are a lot better "educated" guessers out there than I
~Alice
Nice pics Greg!
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07-22-2001, 01:24 PM
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You know, you're right, and I saw that already, but I had it backwards looking at the key. I thought that meant it wasn't Lobophyllia. I told you I stink at this.
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07-22-2001, 08:09 PM
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Anybody else want to back Alice up? Or go against her?
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07-22-2001, 10:00 PM
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Are you kidding, the woman knows how to use a gun.
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07-22-2001, 10:33 PM
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Don't be so hard on yourself, Greg! Taxonomy is a bear!
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07-22-2001, 10:43 PM
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LOL Jerel!!!
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07-23-2001, 12:30 AM
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07-23-2001, 09:11 AM
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Hey now, my free time is my free time. To bad I don't have any.
Just kidding of course, y'all. Then again, I did notice Jerel came back to look at the new photos as well. Talk about casting stones...
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