Coral Id

[Matty P]

Cheers

 

[SkiFletch]

I believe that's a Cladiella genus coral, aka Colt Coral, aka Cauliflower Coral

 

[Matty P]

Yeh that looks like it - cheers ski

 

[nanocubeking]

It's a colt coral. Nice color too.

 

[Matty P]

Yeh it's a lovely colour - really pleased

 

[Lynden]

The name "colt" and "Cladiella" is truly all-encompassing these days. I may have called it a Nepthea or Lithophyton. Same care applies.

 

[nanocubeking]

Do you nit-pick at that kind of stuff Lynden?

 

[Lynden]

You haven't gathered?

Though to be honest I wouldn't call correcting ID's, or stating other possibilities, petty nit-picking. I am, rationally or not, a little annoyed with people's habit of reasoning "since we don't know what it is, it must be a Colt". Whether this has been done here or not I am uncertain, but I was simply stating other possibilities. The true identification of many corals is difficult at best.

 

[SkiFletch]

The true identification of many corals is difficult at best.

Yeah, makes it tough doesn't it? Gets to be a real PITA identifying many corals down to the species level