porites sp? id

Oldude · #1 11/20/2007, 01:21 AM

Anyone want to take a stab as to what flavour of porites this might be?

katpurdy · #2 11/20/2007, 07:00 AM

i think it is a yellow scroll

Jefe12234 · #3 11/20/2007, 11:59 PM

Hard to tell without a better shot of the corallites, but I agree it looks more like a Turbinaria.

Oldude · #4 11/24/2007, 12:58 PM

Sorry guys there is no way it is a Turbinaria. I have 4 varieties of them & this is completely different, I am quite sure it is some type of porites. I just can't find anything in my books including Veron's COTW that looks quite like it. The polyps are very small but other than them being a different color than the base IMO it looks to be porites. It is in an awkward spot but I'll try and get a better photo.