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davejnz
12/11/2004, 05:45 PM
found this at the LFS,It was sold as a Platygyra but I'm not so sure.The corallites have jagged septa typical of the Mussid family.
Any guesses?http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/37881musiid_jpg.JPG here's a closeup of the coralliteshttp://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/37881corallite.jpg
joetbs
12/11/2004, 08:56 PM
Looks like it could be Oulophyllia.

joe
davejnz
12/12/2004, 01:53 PM
I dont think Oulophyllia have the jagged septa like this one does.
davejnz
12/12/2004, 09:12 PM
another pic of the skeletonhttp://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/37881corallite_jpg.JPG
davejnz
12/14/2004, 05:18 PM
Anyone ever seen a Faviid with jagged septa?I'm thinking its in the Mussid family but after looking at just about every coral at whelks.aim.gov I still cant find a match.This is frustrating
rarejul
01/03/2005, 07:40 PM
oh gosh i have the same thing but it is blue green..sold to me as a faviid.. it too has jagged septa.

good luck
shauna