Can anyone help with a coral ID

[Seaweed88]

Can anyone tell me what this is. The frag is about 1.5 inches square.
Thanks

[Elegance Coral]

Can you post a pic of the skeleton?

[Seaweed88]

I have a lot to learn about how to take pictures but here goes.

[Dragonist]

Originally Posted by Elegance Coral

Can you post a pic of the skeleton?

it looks like a ec, ec

[Elegance Coral]

Originally Posted by Dragonist

it looks like a ec, ec

That was my first thought as well. Then I read that the whole thing is only 1.5" in diameter. Then they posted a pic of the skeleton. Judging by those pic's most people would ID it as an Elegance. It's a very cool looking coral, but I have no idea what it is. All I know is that it is not an Elegance.

[Seaweed88]

I am sorry about the picture quality. You are correct it is not an EC. When I first got it it was flat. Not at all like an LPS. It does not swell in size. The coral stays flat and puts out the tentacles for lack of a better word during the day. I feed and night and see nothing out on this when feeding. Thanks for the help.

[Seaweed88]

Any thoughts?

[biowheel]

It's a Duncan I think .

[Seaweed88]

The coral grows like a plate and the polyps grow in rows. I believe Duncan grows in round polyps.

[biowheel]

Originally Posted by Seaweed88

The coral grows like a plate and the polyps grow in rows. I believe Duncan grows in round polyps.

That depends . I've seen then a number of ways . Most as stated above are just grouped as Elegance's . If the cluster is tight they can get rows of mouths. Once it opens up and grows a bit . You will know for sure . Good luck and keep us posted

[Elegance Coral]

Originally Posted by biowheel

It's a Duncan I think .

Very good guess, but dunkens have one mouth per polyp. There may be the occasional oddball with two, but your not going to have as many as you see in this coral. Dunkens grow from a branching skeleton. This coral grows from one skeleton with different sections for each section of the polyp. It is a strange growth form that I don't think I've seen before. I hope someone chimes in with a positive ID, because I'm very curious.

[biowheel]

Here's a couple

[biowheel]

Originally Posted by Elegance Coral

Very good guess, but dunkens have one mouth per polyp. There may be the occasional oddball with two, but your not going to have as many as you see in this coral. Dunkens grow from a branching skeleton. This coral grows from one skeleton with different sections for each section of the polyp. It is a strange growth form that I don't think I've seen before. I hope someone chimes in with a positive ID, because I'm very curious.

You know I have to find it now

[Elegance Coral]

Originally Posted by biowheel

Here's a couple

If you look at your second pic, you will see how each polyp has its own skeletal branch. The third pic shows that each polyp has one mouth. In this coral each poly, or section of polyp, has its own section of skeleton, but they are all connected. They don't branch.

[Elegance Coral]

Originally Posted by biowheel

You know I have to find it now

I hope you do. I probably want to know what this is worse than Seaweed88 does.