amphipod Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 not sure this is any better a picture... damn camera phones new pic uploaded genus- fungia. species- I don't have a clue how to identify playe corals from each other. Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 New pic is very obviously a plate... Very obvious if you know? Link to comment
basser1 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 The first pic looks like a rock nem. Here's an apprciation thread on them http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/342744-rock-flower-anemone-information-and-appreciation-thread/ Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Anyway thanks all It's absolutely this http://animal-world.com/Aquarium-Coral-Reefs/Plate-Coral Link to comment
ajmckay Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Anyway thanks all It's absolutely this http://animal-world.com/Aquarium-Coral-Reefs/Plate-Coral Could also be of the genus Cycloseris - differs slightly from genus fungia. I sorta combined them and/or assumed everything was a fungia, but apparently small differences exist. So fungia appears to start out attached then become free-living later wheras Cycloseris is free-living from the start. Also it appears you can distinguish by looking at the bottom where Cycloseris is smooth and fungia has little nips. Apparently Cycloceris also stays smaller, and has little fine teeth on the skeleton ridges - oh and it tends to be more "mounded". Learned something today.. Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Could also be of the genus Cycloseris - differs slightly from genus fungia. I sorta combined them and/or assumed everything was a fungia, but apparently small differences exist. So fungia appears to start out attached then become free-living later wheras Cycloseris is free-living from the start. Also it appears you can distinguish by looking at the bottom where Cycloseris is smooth and fungia has little nips. Apparently Cycloceris also stays smaller, and has little fine teeth on the skeleton ridges - oh and it tends to be more "mounded". Learned something today.. Yeah indeed thanks for this, so it was attached to a foot or stalk until recently and from what I can see now it's growing at a good rate.. Link to comment
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