I stink at taxonomic classification, need help on another id.

gregt · 07-21-2001, 04:47 PM

I believe this is a Symphyllia. Can anyone confirm? Also, can someone help with species?

galleon · 07-21-2001, 04:55 PM

Need another photo, with flesh as retracted as possible.

Spanky · 07-21-2001, 05:02 PM

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Originally posted by galleon:
Need another photo, with flesh as retracted as possible.

Pervert

Greg, I wish I could help too but I know nothing about foreign corals.

Jerel

gregt · 07-21-2001, 06:19 PM

I can't get it to retract, any suggestions. I can't take him out of the water without major effort. Here's another pic expanded and a couple as retracted as I can get him.

Alice · 07-21-2001, 08:20 PM

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 ]

Alice · 07-22-2001, 01:04 PM

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!

[ 07-22-2001: Message edited by: Alice ]

gregt · 07-22-2001, 01:24 PM

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.