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blackthunda77
06/05/2013, 09:47 PM
Can someone ID this acro, it has a whiteish/beige/light mint green base and a light purple/lavendar tips. Polyps look almost light green.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/06/06/ahe2ata3.jpg

I thought it might be a Acropora samoensis (sp?)

Frick
06/06/2013, 12:48 PM
I do not think it is A. samoensis because it would have blunt tips, thinker branches, and the corallites would be oval shaped spheres.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0060

I have a few guesses, because I cannot see the detail of the corallites. But I do know what you have is is a tabling Acro with upright branchlets. So here are a few that could be similar;
Acropora subulata http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0073
Acropora cerealis http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0016
Acropora macrostoma http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0821
Acropora nasuta http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0051

blackthunda77
06/07/2013, 09:32 AM
Looks more closely to a cerialis or nasuta. I will try to get it closer to the glass today after work and try to get a closer macro shot for you. Thanks Frick.