Lets see those Scolymia pics!
 

Been wanting one of these for a long time, was lucky enough to find this guy! This is my new favorite coral, isn't it pretty? LOL

Please share your pics and experiences!

[IMG]http://pages.prodigy.net/joie/_uimages/TigerStripeScolymia.JPG[/IMG]

Sweeeett, Delishus, Yuuuuummmyy MEATYNESS!

this is one of my [I]pet[/I] corals because I have had it for many yrs and it is still the same albeit much larger polyp that I started with. I have a pretty big hand and in this pic I was actually encouraging it to contract so that I could move it, I took the pic after a couple minutes of intentionally irritating it. I guess this image is a little smaller than life size :D
[IMG]http://www.tidalblue.com/jake/scolyhand.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tidalblue.com/jake/doughnutscolymia.JPG[/IMG]

that thing is huge, great coral!!

Here are my two.
Red and green.
[IMG]http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/1156588-M-1.jpg[/IMG]
Red and green eating silverside.
[IMG]http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/1375924-M.jpg[/IMG]
Green and brown.
[IMG]http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/1156580-M-1.jpg[/IMG]
Green and brown eating silverside.
[IMG]http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/1375929-M-1.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/31383freddy.JPG[/IMG]

I have had mine forever!!
it is the only coral i have ever named lol

this pic sucks btw this coral is so bright,14ks wash out pics so bad
and these arent scoylmia there [B]Cynarina Deshayesiana [/B]

Great SCOLYMIAS everyone, yours too downset.

Great stuff guys, good to see other Scolys!

coralite: i think i know the answer to that question "where's the beef?" :D Just awesome!

I agree they are all Cynarina. This is by far my favorite coral. I have three of them. An orange, green, and Brown/white. I will post the pics as soon as I am able. I love the orange and red ones. I have a change to buy a huge red one a month back for $70 dollars but my others are so big there just isn't room for more.

scolymia on the left, cynarina on the right.
[IMG]http://www.tidalblue.com/jake/scolymiavscynarina.JPG[/IMG]

Scolymia
[IMG]http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/images/301-400/Large/339-03M.jpg[/IMG]

Cynarina
[IMG]http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/images/101-200/Large/127-01.jpg[/IMG]

Pic's from Whelk.aims.gov.au

Notice that wild specimens do not inflate like our home specimens. I think a lot of LPS are like that.

Corals: a quick refence guide labels them as Cynarina Deshayesiana,and when i do a google search of Cynarina Deshayesiana about a million of these come up

I wouldn't use that book as a guide to species names. Veron's Corals of the World or the Australian Institute of Marine Science web site (AIMS) would be better references, in my opinion. J. Sprungs book is great, but as a quick reference guide, not definitive.
C. Deshayesiana may have been a species name at one time, but there is only one species of Cynarina, and that is C. lacrymalis.

I did your google search Jeremy. This article was the second to pop up, by no other than J.Sprung. He talks about Hybrids and how the names [I]should[/I] be changed.
[url]http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2003/invert.htm[/url]

Okay...how about this scolymia...
[IMG]http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/109479-L-1.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by RandyO [/i]
[B]I did your google search Jeremy. This article was the second to pop up, by no other than J.Sprung. He talks about Hybrids and how the names [I]should[/I] be changed.
[url]http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2003/invert.htm[/url] [/B][/QUOTE]

thats a good link Randy!
so what is
Cynarina (=Acanthophyllia) deshayesiana? because mine looks just like the ones in the article,that are commonly called scolymia

:confused:
this is from that article
The following links show Cynarina (=Acanthophyllia) deshayesiana mis-identified as Scolymia:

[url]http://www.jeffsabin.com/movabletype/photos/000362.html[/url]

[url]http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/inverts/stonycorals/scolymia/Svitiensis.htm[/url]



[url]http://www.oceanviewenterprise.com/lps/Doughnut.html[/url]



[url]http://www.thepetstop.com/fish_shop/inverts/Hard_Corals.html[/url]

[url]http://www.phishybusiness.com/premium.php?offset=12[/url]

[url]http://www.livingreefimages.com/Page54c.html[/url]

Hey Jeremy,
It's kind of hard to follow those links. But one thing they have in common is that they are online venders selling corals, and not references. On that note, most of them have it right. Scolymia are meaty, bumpy, and mostly an opaque color.
Cynarina are more smooth with large ridges that give almost a bubble look, and slightly clear.
From your first link
[IMG]http://www.jeffsabin.com/movabletype/photos/scolymiaot.jpg[/IMG]
That is a Scolymia

Second link
[IMG]http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/inverts/stonycorals/scolymia/Svitiensis.jpg[/IMG]
Also Scolymia

Third link, probably a Scolymia

[IMG]http://www.oceanviewenterprise.com/lps/DoughnutCoral3.jpg[/IMG]

Forth link First one Scolymia
[IMG]http://www.thepetstop.com/adminpics/22329.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.thepetstop.com/adminpics/2700j.jpg[/IMG]
Second one Cynarina
That place is selling those two corals for the same price. :confused: I'd snatch up the orange one in a heartbeat for 30.00

Didn't see anything on the 5 link.(phishy)

And sixth link

[IMG]http://www.livingreefimages.com/LRI584.JPG[/IMG]

Also Scolymia

I would say they have these straight.

As to what is Acanthophyllia, I would say it's in the same class as Wellsophyllia. A made up name in the industry with no scientific merits.

Man, we finally got a decent amount of scolymia pics going, that wasnt so hard.

Nice pics everyone!
 

Here's a new one for me!
[IMG]http://pages.prodigy.net/joie/_uimages/DSC01993.JPG[/IMG]

nothing fancy!
 

[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/187662scolymia.jpg [/IMG]
the often seen!

[url]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/18766scolymia.jpg[/url]
And a more rarer find! Lavender Scolymia!!

my two cents!

L

heres mine

[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/47437mini-DSC01338.JPG [/IMG]


after eating


[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/47437mini-DSC01360.JPG [/IMG]

These are probably my favorite kind of corals!! They are just so awsome and there are so many different color morphs.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/BlueLeg/IMG_0162.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/BlueLeg/Cynurina.jpg[/IMG]

Just got this one. Hasn't settled in yet, but looks so far like it will be nice.

[img]http://www.cofba.org/users/zeppelin/LarrysFormula/saltwater%20tank/LPS%20pics/blue-and-red-scolymia.jpg[/img]

Larry :cool:

Wow! Sweet guys. :D

heuerfan - I love the green one!

Mine, the actinic just went on.

[img]http://images.snapfish.com/3427%3B8%3A%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D7%3A9%3D%3B63%3DXROQDF%3E2323742859%3B%3A3ot1lsi[/img]

I have one. but still waiting for the skirts to come out all the way before i post pics.

here is fishcraze2002's Scolymia. A beautiful Hot Pink. Looks 10 times better in person.

[IMG]http://home.houston.rr.com/eanzaldua/images/quocsscolymia.jpg[/IMG]

Here's mine with only 1 wk in my tank. Skirts are slowly coming down. He's been eating good.

[IMG]http://home.houston.rr.com/eanzaldua/images/scolymia1stweekjan2005.jpg[/IMG]


Here it is the day i got it. Not so healthy.

[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/518/24395meatcoral1.jpg[/IMG]