Can anybody guess what this might be?
I was given the name "Jason Fox Starlight Caprista," (I even asked for the spelling), but I can't find any coral called "Caprista" and nothing on Jason Fox's website matches. Outer Space Psammacora comes closest.
The skeletal structure reminds me of a Petoskey stone and the color is a lava-bright orange against a dark purplish background. The orange is lava-bright under both daylight and actinic, and a large colony would easily catch your eye across the room. The skeleton appears to be extraordinarily THIN--it almost looks like it was painted on the plug, or alternately that it has eaten into the plug.
Is this possibly a Cyphastrea? I have one other Cyphastrea and the skeletal structure does not look the same to my semi-trained eye (I'm much better with plant leaves). Doesn't look like the Psammacoras I've seen either. Any ideas?
TL;DR: It doesn't match any of the common encrusting SPS I'm familiar with; what is it?
I was given the name "Jason Fox Starlight Caprista," (I even asked for the spelling), but I can't find any coral called "Caprista" and nothing on Jason Fox's website matches. Outer Space Psammacora comes closest.
The skeletal structure reminds me of a Petoskey stone and the color is a lava-bright orange against a dark purplish background. The orange is lava-bright under both daylight and actinic, and a large colony would easily catch your eye across the room. The skeleton appears to be extraordinarily THIN--it almost looks like it was painted on the plug, or alternately that it has eaten into the plug.
Is this possibly a Cyphastrea? I have one other Cyphastrea and the skeletal structure does not look the same to my semi-trained eye (I'm much better with plant leaves). Doesn't look like the Psammacoras I've seen either. Any ideas?
TL;DR: It doesn't match any of the common encrusting SPS I'm familiar with; what is it?
