Nano sapiens
07/13/2009, 09:09 PM
Does anyone know the name for this coral:
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee141/Back2dubs/12galnanofavitesfragarrow.jpg
I've had this coral for 10 years now and it would be nice to know its scientific name.
Collected in the Philippines on a fore reef at 20ft depth. The coralites are fairly tightly packed on the skeleton and around 1-1.5mm. Polyps at full extension are only around 3/16" diameter. Encrusts onto the rock (spherical shape in this photo due to shape of frag rock underneath) to form a good sized colony.
I realize that a positive ID would require detailed study of the skeletal structure (which I've attempted using Vernon's coral ID book), but I wasn't able to pin it down. Hoping someone has seen this coral and knows what it is.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee141/Back2dubs/12galnanofavitesfragarrow.jpg
I've had this coral for 10 years now and it would be nice to know its scientific name.
Collected in the Philippines on a fore reef at 20ft depth. The coralites are fairly tightly packed on the skeleton and around 1-1.5mm. Polyps at full extension are only around 3/16" diameter. Encrusts onto the rock (spherical shape in this photo due to shape of frag rock underneath) to form a good sized colony.
I realize that a positive ID would require detailed study of the skeletal structure (which I've attempted using Vernon's coral ID book), but I wasn't able to pin it down. Hoping someone has seen this coral and knows what it is.