cats paw stylophora?
 

Looking for a proper ID on this coral. Am I correct to assume it's a "cats paw" stylo? I thought I'd have some fun with a camera zoom-in sequence. When I got zoomed in on this thing it reminded me of that old "flying through space" screen saver. Makes my eyes go all:crazyeye:

sort of close
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...ts_paw_1_1.jpg

closer yet
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat..._paw_macro.jpg

even closer
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...polyps_1_1.jpg

I'm pretty sure that coral is called a "Ruth needs a frag of that" coral. It is very rare - but I notice that you have a few others in your tank with the same name:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

ruth i think you are close but scientific name is colinneeds afrag ofthat. you were close though.

i have no clue what its called....but would love a frag of it......are you thinking of doing any frags from it? Let me know

Colin - I would love to agree with you but unfortunately, in this case, I cannot. You see I am a self proclaimed expert on corals of that particular name:agrue: :wink:

Looks like Pocilliopora to me.

Wow you guys are very scientific, although it seems corals may not be an exact science yet.:lol: I had not planned on fragging Mr. Fuzzy quite yet. Thanks Albert, I wondered about that but it is a lot different than the known pocilliopora I have and thought it looked like some pictures I've seen of cats paw.

Most likely it's Pocillopora damicornis; It could be Stylophora pistillatta - but polyp shape seems to be slightly off - So my bets are on P. damicornis.

Definitely not Stylopora. Most probably Pocillopora.

I'll see if I can find a pic of my old Stylo ...

Here's one I used to have:
http://members.shaw.ca/reefs/delphin...0103%20009.jpg

Very nice piece, seems like a pink base, green polyp pocillopora to me.
Probably the same as this:
http://members.shaw.ca/reefblog/reef...pink_green.htm