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DonavonsReef
07/27/2006, 07:39 PM
I picked this little guy up today I no it's not an echinata or sub-echinata, as you can tell by the large polyp echinata next to the micro. The polyps are quite small even smaller than the micros...any Idea?


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/donavonsreef/68765e73.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/donavonsreef/ff12f03e.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/donavonsreef/7b3be0e9.jpg
organism
07/27/2006, 07:48 PM
hemprichii would be my guess
DonavonsReef
07/27/2006, 07:59 PM
Could be...the only thing is the coralites & polyps are flat like a pillow. The color morph is similar to the one on R.M. but it not jagged like the ones on here.

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/501-600/Species%20pages/511.htm
DonavonsReef
07/27/2006, 11:21 PM
Anyone????
Vorteil
07/28/2006, 01:48 AM
I love the micros you have there. Where are they from?
DonavonsReef
07/28/2006, 08:09 AM
Thanks, the Micro came from a friend. I find it hard to believe with all the acan people out there that no one has a clue. ????????
DonavonsReef
07/28/2006, 02:27 PM
Ok, does anyone else have this coral? This is the LPS forum...right?
DonavonsReef
07/29/2006, 09:52 AM
?????????
gflat65
07/30/2006, 10:07 AM
My guess would be A. echinata or subechinata, but that is only a guess. The structure seems similar to what I'm used to seeing, but it is much smoother, if that makes and sense...
the coral dude
07/30/2006, 02:42 PM
donavan it is a sub acan echinata or a acan rotundoflora
the coral dude
07/30/2006, 02:43 PM
keep it away from youre micros it will sting the heck out of them
DonavonsReef
07/30/2006, 03:04 PM
gflat65 I do know what you mean thats why i'm posting this (LOL). I have a few echinatas & sub echinatas & this guy placed side by side looks like neither. The polyps are smooth & puffy & the coralite structure is not jagged like an echinata. I don't know with so many sub-species comming in now days who knows. I will say this, the polyps are very small & close together unlike my other echinatas.