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vmartino
02/19/2009, 02:12 PM
can anyone help me out with an ID on this guy? Got him for 5 bucks the other day, but he seems to not be doing that great, some of the flesh is receding from the edges.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m138/vincemartino/DSC_0553.jpg
JEFFR259
02/19/2009, 02:37 PM
I suck at ID's, but maybe its a single head of Blasto?

Could be way off...someone will chime in.
steelersfan
02/19/2009, 04:51 PM
I could be wrong, but it looks like a small Lobophylia to me. IMO, it is not a Blasto.
kookerson
02/19/2009, 04:55 PM
Im bouncing between lobophytum and scoly.......
vmartino
02/19/2009, 05:01 PM
lobophytum are leather corals, which i know this is not. Scolymia are meat corals which have a completely different shape. This has a 3 inch long stalk that goes down, ive seen them before growing in colonies. I just cant remember the name. Any other help?
vmartino
02/19/2009, 05:03 PM
Oh i didnt even see that post JEFFR259. It doesnt look like a lobophyllia that ive seen, but maybe this is not the normal australian lobo? I'm stumped
Lockhartia
02/19/2009, 05:35 PM
Tagging along, I just picked up something almost exactly like this...but about three times larger! It's about the size of round desert plate and has a stalk that's several inches long as well. It's kind of like a lollipop.
vmartino
02/19/2009, 05:39 PM
Haha! yea there were other ones at the lfs that were huge! And some colonies had about 10-20 heads
JEFFR259
02/19/2009, 09:05 PM
Still thinking Blastomussa. But still could be wrong :)

Here's some google image search results on blastomussa. Kinda looks like the ID in question could be a somewhat unhealthy frag of a Blasto.

Disclaimer....could still be very wrong :rollface:


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/JEFFR259/blastomussa2.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/JEFFR259/Brick_Red__green_Blastomussa_f.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/JEFFR259/BlastomussaLordhowensissized.jpg
rduong89
02/19/2009, 09:43 PM
its a Scolymia vitiensis, not lobo or blasto
humanremainz
02/20/2009, 12:42 AM
scolymia vitensis #1
Hormigaquatica
02/20/2009, 02:21 AM
It is Scolymia for sure.
BlastoEric1589
03/20/2009, 08:45 PM
Scolymia all the way man. its not receding. the coral is constantly layering a new skeleton on top of the old one and it grows bigger and bigger as it goes, that explains the skeletal structure. i have one the same shape and color. trust me