jcrisman2009 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Any ideas of what these corals are or were when they were alive? Quote Link to comment
Joevember Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 The non-branching ones look like tracyphyllia or some other species of brain coral. I haven't seen a coral skeleton that looks like the branching one you have, but the indentations look similar to those found in bryzoan colonies. I'm have no place here identifying bryzoa though 😄 Might be some sort of cold water coral too, who knows... 1 Quote Link to comment
jcrisman2009 Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 36 minutes ago, Joevember said: The non-branching ones look like tracyphyllia or some other species of brain coral. I haven't seen a coral skeleton that looks like the branching one you have, but the indentations look similar to those found in bryzoan colonies. I'm have no place here identifying bryzoa though 😄 Might be some sort of cold water coral too, who knows... I may have found a match for one of them! Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Do you know where they lived when they were alive? That would help. 1 Quote Link to comment
jcrisman2009 Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 53 minutes ago, Tired said: Do you know where they lived when they were alive? That would help. I figured one out! It's a rose coral! Manicina areolata. Native to the Caribbean and Atlantic. The other branching coral skeletons was mixed with a bunch of shells we bought at a yard sale.No idea of where they came from. The skeleton pictured below I bought from eBay Quote Link to comment
jcrisman2009 Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 I did some research and this skeleton looks closest to the Oculina family. I need someone to verify if it is or isn't an Oculina! Y'all know anyone who knows a biologist? Quote Link to comment
Joevember Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I'm not a marine biologist, but it looks pretty darn close. Nice researching! 1 Quote Link to comment
TerraIncognita Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Definitely looks like it’s in this family. short of a marine biologist I think you found it man. Don’t get to hung up on it. 1 Quote Link to comment
TerraIncognita Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 10:48 PM, jcrisman2009 said: I figured one out! It's a rose coral! Manicina areolata. Native to the Caribbean and Atlantic. The other branching coral skeletons was mixed with a bunch of shells we bought at a yard sale.No idea of where they came from. The skeleton pictured below I bought from eBay I tHink the very first photo in this post is more likely a chalise or similar encrusting coral. It doesn’t have ridges and divisions of heads like a brain coral, kind of like one solid skin. Surface. Just a guess. Quote Link to comment
jcrisman2009 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Joevember said: I'm not a marine biologist, but it looks pretty darn close. Nice researching! There are only 5 variants...some are rare. 1 Quote Link to comment
jcrisman2009 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 11 hours ago, TerraIncognita said: Definitely looks like it’s in this family. short of a marine biologist I think you found it man. Don’t get to hung up on it. I get hung up when it comes to coral skeletons because I worry about if they're from an endangered species... Quote Link to comment
jcrisman2009 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 then again... It could be one of these lol Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Wherever it's from, it's dead already, so I don't think there's any harm in you having it. If you're worried it might not be legal to have, you could just put it outside somewhere, then you don't have it any more. Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 10:53 PM, jcrisman2009 said: Any ideas of what these corals are or were when they were alive? Spend some time browsing the species factsheets at http://coralsoftheworld.org There's a pretty good chance you can find at least one matching skeleton for each one. They have great photos on virtually every entry. Quote Link to comment
jcrisman2009 Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 5 hours ago, mcarroll said: Spend some time browsing the species factsheets at http://coralsoftheworld.org There's a pretty good chance you can find at least one matching skeleton for each one. They have great photos on virtually every entry. that's the site i have been using. But this one skeleton pictured below has me stumped basically. Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Kinda looks Porites to me. Quote Link to comment
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