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catastrofe
09/02/2007, 11:27 AM
Can someone ID this for me?

I've had it for about a year but never got around to asking. It's half of a specimen that includes Blastomussa wellsi which you can see toward the back.

The first pic is under actinic only and shows more or less the true color, although it's a little more toward lime green in person. The second pic is with flash for more detail.

TIA!

<img src=http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yok9hr&outx=600&quality=70>

<img src=http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yok9ho&outx=600&quality=70>

Der_Iron_Chef
09/02/2007, 11:37 AM
Looks like some sort of turbinaria. Peltata?

humanremainz
09/02/2007, 11:50 AM
I'm not exactly sure of what it is , but i have the exact same thing , mine came from Vietnam as a hitchhiker. Its a very cool coral id bet Der is probly right, mikekman has the same thing also, he posted some pic's in a Id thread a lil while back.

catastrofe
09/02/2007, 11:59 AM
Never thought of a turbinaria before. I was leaning more toward goniopora (although it has too many tentacles per polyp) or alveopora.

mikekman
09/02/2007, 12:05 PM
I have something that looks like that and mine was ided as an Asteopora.

Yours resembles a cyphastrea. Very pretty coral though!

mikekman
09/02/2007, 12:08 PM
Pic of mine. Yours seems a bit different.

http://saltbucket.com/d/9775-1/CIMG2119.JPG

http://saltbucket.com/d/9781-1/CIMG1333.JPG

zeppelin
09/03/2007, 07:09 AM
Looks like a type of cyphastrea to me.

catastrofe
09/03/2007, 07:33 AM
Thanks guys!