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Rjukan

01/15/2006, 08:56 PM

I have been told it could be a favia of sorts, but I was hoping someone here could give me a more specific answer:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/Rjukan_1974/DSCN0205.jpg

Thanks!

cubano2480

01/15/2006, 09:39 PM

looks like a favia to me ........

cmondo

01/16/2006, 01:22 AM

Yeah, its a favia....I just got one like that myself.

tangey

01/16/2006, 08:29 AM

YA looks like a favia

Rjukan

01/16/2006, 04:58 PM

No one knows what type of favia this could be so I could research a little more information about it?

The favias I have seen when researching so far dont really match this one well, in general form yeah but not really color wise.

Thanks again

Chaotic Reefer4u

01/16/2006, 06:46 PM

nice coral nonetheless...

sgolden

01/18/2006, 03:14 AM

favites

Vamp75

01/18/2006, 04:57 AM

This might be a good place to help look it up.

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/coralid_search.php

Rjukan

01/18/2006, 11:14 AM

Thank you kindly Vamp, I am going to check that site out now and see if I can find out what type of favia this is.

RandyO

01/18/2006, 12:56 PM

Narrowing it down to species is next to impossible without skeletal examination.

I'd say it's a Favia. Maybe a F.speciosa

It looks like a captive raised frag, so it won't look like some of the wild colonies.

Favia speciosa
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/images/101-200/Large/158-02.jpg

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/images/101-200/Large/158-03.jpg

Characters: Colonies are massive. Corallites are circular and closely compacted in shallow water, more widely spaced in deeper water. Septa are fine, numerous and regular. Paliform lobes are usually poorly developed. Colour: Pale grey, green or brown, usually with calices of contrasting colours. Similar species: Favia pallida and F. truncatus. See also F. helianthoides. Habitat: All reef environments. Abundance: One of the most common faviids, especially in high latitudes.

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron, Pichon and Wijsman-Best (1977). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Sheppard and Sheppard (1991), Nishihira and Veron (1995), Coles (1996), Carpenter et al

Here's a picture of a captive raised Favia. Probably F.speciosa
http://users.adelphia.net/~randyolszewski/images/JeremysFavia.jpg

It is encrusting down the rock. You can see how it barely produces a skeleton at first as it creeps down the rock onto the white epoxy.

FishAffair

01/25/2006, 12:40 AM

looks like favia halicora to me