Identify this coral please.

Snappy · #1 07-31-2008, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Drock169

I was thinking it looks more like a leptastrea

This is a good guess and on the right track if the green area is "spongey" and soft to the touch like an LPS. If not I am pretty sure it is a Porites species. Possibly P.branneri, P.astreoides or a similar variety. Great looking coral!!

Marlin65 · #2 08-01-2008, 04:49 PM

The green part is hard more like SPS if that helps.
So it must be a sort of porite. Is purple superman the same kind?

Marlin65 · #3 08-01-2008, 04:51 PM

Oh I should have put that this is a Macro shot the piece is only about one inch square. Not sure if everyone thought that or not.

Snappy · #4 08-01-2008, 05:44 PM

I would say then that it is porites and a beauty of a specimen. Superman has some similarities but is montipora...... M.danae to be specific.

wickedfrags · #5 08-01-2008, 06:49 PM

Tough to tell from the pic, but if not a monti or porites, could also be a species of encrusting cyphastrea.

Marlin65 · #6 09-05-2008, 04:46 PM

I think I found out what this is.
Can it be Montipora Confusa?

Oceanic · #7 09-05-2008, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Marlin65

I think I found out what this is.
Can it be Montipora Confusa?

Not a confusa, at least not like the ones I have.

EDIT: You know, you might be right, after looking at it more it does have similar charachteristics with a Confusa; however, Confusas usualy have much more brown/tan highlighted by intense green color. That specimen shows no such contrasting colors. Maybe it is a light adaptation response.