Cupping Coral??
Started by tx51210, Jun 21 2007 05:06 AM
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Posted 21 June 2007 - 05:06 AM
I am trying to identify this fairly common species from Cancun/Cozumel. Thanks for any help.
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Posted 21 June 2007 - 06:07 AM
It is either Montastrea annularis or Montastrea cavernosa.
The polyps look more like M. cavernosa but it is hard to distinguish the two based on a close up of the polyps with no scale. Do you have a picture of the entire colony or something in the picture to show the size of the polyps? M. cavernosa has larger polyps and froms a smooth bolder like colony. M. annularis has smaller polyps and froms a bumpy colony bolder or plates.
Here are some pictures of mine that show the colony shape of the two species.
M. cavernosa http://www.photograp...l...=10&Image=5
M. annularis
http://www.photograp...l...=10&Image=6
http://www.photograp...l...10&Image=45
http://www.photograp...l...10&Image=54
The polyps look more like M. cavernosa but it is hard to distinguish the two based on a close up of the polyps with no scale. Do you have a picture of the entire colony or something in the picture to show the size of the polyps? M. cavernosa has larger polyps and froms a smooth bolder like colony. M. annularis has smaller polyps and froms a bumpy colony bolder or plates.
Here are some pictures of mine that show the colony shape of the two species.
M. cavernosa http://www.photograp...l...=10&Image=5
M. annularis
http://www.photograp...l...=10&Image=6
http://www.photograp...l...10&Image=45
http://www.photograp...l...10&Image=54
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Posted 21 June 2007 - 11:32 AM
I think the Montastrea annularis is the correct answer. My memory gets worse daily but that seems to be what I remember, the pictures helped. I kept trying to convince myself that the scale of the polyps were larger.
Thanks.
Thanks.
It is either Montastrea annularis or Montastrea cavernosa.
The polyps look more like M. cavernosa but it is hard to distinguish the two based on a close up of the polyps with no scale. Do you have a picture of the entire colony or something in the picture to show the size of the polyps? M. cavernosa has larger polyps and froms a smooth bolder like colony. M. annularis has smaller polyps and froms a bumpy colony bolder or plates.
Here are some pictures of mine that show the colony shape of the two species.
M. cavernosa http://www.photograp...l...=10&Image=5
M. annularis
http://www.photograp...l...=10&Image=6
http://www.photograp...l...10&Image=45
http://www.photograp...l...10&Image=54
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Posted 21 June 2007 - 11:37 AM
I believe it's M. cavernosa based on the height and size of the polyps. The M. annularis tend to look conjoined (I don't know if they are though).
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Posted 21 June 2007 - 02:01 PM
am I the only one not seeing any pictures ??
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Posted 21 June 2007 - 02:56 PM
Nope. Just a lot of red Xs.
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