Coral Id Please

[chrissaysyes]

Why do you rule out euphyllia?

 

[SkiFletch]

Why do you rule out euphyllia?

Because a specemin that big would have a skeleton at least a 1/2" in diameter and 1" long . Since it seems to have no skeleton protruding from the rock it cannot be a euphyllia. Furthermore, when euphyllia stress as much as is in that picture, they pull their bodies against their skeletons and you can actually see the ribs in the skeleton. That picture displays no ribs, just a smooth closed mouth. Finally, the tentacles of all of those anemones are textured. Euphyllia genus corals have smooth tentacles with no texture to them.

 

[chrissaysyes]

You got me on the skeleton thing, but in the closed pic you can see what appear to be ribs, also, maybe I should put on my glasses because I didnt notice any texture.

EDIT:

Retract that statement about the texture, I see what you mean in the first pic. You're right then, that first pic is definitely not Euphyllia.

 

[Allen]

The first picture with the two which are extended are definately torch coral (Euphyllia) - they have skeletons.

The two I am unsure of are the small one in the cluster of 3 and the one on its own on the big rock.

 

[chrissaysyes]

I dunno, Ski made a good point about the texture in the first pic. Euphyllia has no texture.