Coral ID

[Otto]

Grabbed a few frags this past week and just trying to get some names of what they are.

Pretty sure orange pavona

Some kind of encrusting SPS?

Favia?

Another favia?

Not sure name of zoas

Some other zoas

Thanks and any help appreciated!

 

[Hubert J. Farnsworth]

i like leptoseris for number 1 and acanthastrea echinata for number 4.

less sure about number 2 also being leptoseris and 3 possibly being pectinia.

 

[Otto]

Thanks Hubert! I am torn on 2 & 3 as well. #4 for sure looks like echinata. May need to let these grow out a bit to find out.

 

[Hubert J. Farnsworth]

any chance number 3 could actually be 2 different species growing together?

i ask because the polyp on the right looks a lot like a head of caulastrea/candy cane with septa visible, while the polyp on the left looks something more like pectinia, favia or oulophyllia. if this were the case, we could probably rule out favia and oulophyllia because they send out sweepers. i don't know if pectinia does though.

hope it grows out nicely and shows itself.

 

[Hubert J. Farnsworth]

otto, stumbled on a couple of leptoseris frags that tsa is marketing as "high beam" and "northern lights" that look like a good match for #2. i think i saw them in their wysiwyg frags.

 

[Otto]

Great find! Definitely looks like the High Beam. Thanks for finding!