What is this acro? Corallite density is insane.
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lwien01
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And it’s yellow!
Big E
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I would say A. samoensis......... they seem to have longer branches than gemmiferra or humilis.
I recently saw a blue one at my LFS which is one I'd like to add to my collection. They were common before Fiji shut down.
I recently saw a blue one at my LFS which is one I'd like to add to my collection. They were common before Fiji shut down.
The curse of coral morphology is that often you have to have a scanning electron microscope and J.E.N. Veron by your side to hope to identify a coral properly, and you will have to cut off a frag to do the examination.
I wonder if the seller can provide the name under which it was shipped? @ExtremeCorals (Nice looking stuff, as always!)
encrustingacro
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It looks like the digitate phenotype, so that narrows it down a bit. I would wager it's A. gemmifera.
encrustingacro
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Humilis has larger axial corallites
Spathulata is usually not solid green and has more flared radial corallites. Spathulata is also corymbose, not digitate
Funny, No one agreed on the same name. 
encrustingacro
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Actually, now that I look at it again, it could be humilis
Just like trying to pick names for children, and grandchildren, everyone has a favorite but almost nobody has an electron microscope which is a great tool for generating names, it turns out.Funny, No one agreed on the same name.
Big E
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If anyone is into doing the ID stuff The Coral Finder is considered a very good guide.
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GlassMunky
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All their stuff is HIGHLY saturated in post editing…And it’s yellow!
I’d be highly surprised if it actually looked that in person
GlassMunky
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My vote is Gemmifera or Humilis tho on what coral it is
encrustingacro
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Many of Veron's concepts on coral classification are wrong, and judging by the CotW website, he often misidentifies them.
I wouldn't recommend using a Google image search for reference images, as many of the photos are misidentified.
Coral finder is a good guide; however, it mostly only IDs down to the genus level. Indo-Pacific Corals by Joe Rowlett is a good guide too, although the taxonomy is somewhat outdated, being released in 2020.If anyone is into doing the ID stuff The Coral Finder is considered a very good guide.
Coral Finder 2022
The completely revised & up-to-date 5th edition of the book that took the mystery out of coral ID is now available. The Indo Pacific Coral Finder delivers easy genus level coral ID anywhere between the Red Sea and Easter Island. Over 1730 images & expanded genus coverage Updated to reflect...
