chalice or acan?

[stylaster]

ill get a pic of the side today for you to help and will get a pic under white light so you can see it better

 

[stylaster]

 

[lps1212]

Looks like an acan enchinata to me

 

[Sugo]

Chalice, enchi's have that cubic structure to them when sprouting new heads. My non expert opinion should be taken as a grain of salt :)

 

[Russellaqua]

My guess is that it's actually a Mycedium sp. It often gets called a chalice, but has eyes (corallites) that face outward rather than up. It also has a texture similar to Acanthastrea sp.

Here's the Tyree Key Lime Mango Sherbert one:

 

[stylaster]

Thanks guys going for chalice

 

[QALLC]

Acanthastrea rotundoflora

 

[twinspots_goby]

I also think that's an Acanthastrea rotundoflora

 

[FaviaFreak]

I'm going acan rotundo too, not to mention it's a common color variety in rotundoflora

Acanthastrea rotundoflora

"Colonies are encrusting, sometimes submassive. Small colonies have a conspicuous central corallite. Corallites are plocoid, becoming widely spaced and Echinophyllia-like (Pectiniidae) at colony edges"

 

[LBA]

Acan Rotundaflora in my opinion

 

[euphoricgear]

wouldn't a chalice have those long tentacles things when feeding and acans are short? just feed them and look at the tentacles. :)

 

[SoCaliReefin]

+1 on rotunda

 

[stylaster]

ok after feeding and letting it grow out some more, its an acan rotunda for sure

 

[Breakin Newz]

ok after feeding and letting it grow out some more, its an acan rotunda for sure

Nice, I knew it had to be an acan species....

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