A different type of digi

[dgiglio3087]

Okay here is a montipora digitata that I've had for about 2 years now. I know it's a montipora digi so i dont really need an ID, but i was wondering if this is a common morph,because I haven't ever seen anyone with digi that has this much white. I actually have two different colors like this one green, one pink.
Here's the one green one.

(that's a frag of it). It's almost like a reverse green sleeves dig.


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[dgiglio3087]

Here's a picture from early 2011

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[schminksbro]

Stab in the dark here but it could be m. sarmentosa. Digis usually are uniformly covered in polyps with no space between them.

 

[Frick]

Stab in the dark here but it could be m. sarmentosa. Digis usually are uniformly covered in polyps with no space between them.

I agree. There are many branching Montiporas that get misidentified as digitata.

Corals of the World Factsheet and images - Montipora digitata

http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0453/view#

 

[cdness]

I have one that is mostly white on the fleshy part and bright fluorescent orange polyps... Really a cool looking coral.

 

[dgiglio3087]

I have one that is mostly white on the fleshy part and bright fluorescent orange polyps... Really a cool looking coral.

That's exactly how these are. I can not find any photos of the pink one on photobucket. I know I have some on my MacBook ill post it when I get home.
I've always questioned weather or not these were digi's and if they were, were they a different morph.


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[Frick]

Any of the 15-20ish Montipora that grow in small pillars (digitate) could be this color combo. You can't ID it by the color, but by the structure, corallites and texture. Digitata can't morph it would just be another species of Montipora. I see this alot with caps "Montipora capricornis". When you actually go through all the plating Montis you will see more often then not "caps" are hodgsoni, or foliosa, etc.

With that said I think it still could be digitata or about several other digitating species of Montipora. When it grows int to a colony you will be able to get a more definite identification.