Coral ID

[1ocean]

Yes and frogspawn is a type of euphyllia related to hammer and torch

yes ..vetteguy is correct....hammer,frogspawn and torch are ALL in the Euphyllia family.
for exmple Hammer Euphyllia ancora. frogspawn Euphyllia divisa and torch Euphyllia glabrescenes...all could be next to each other...Hope this helps...

 

[Sharkbait19]

yes ..vetteguy is correct....hammer,frogspawn and torch are ALL in the Euphyllia family.
for exmple Hammer Euphyllia ancora. frogspawn Euphyllia divisa and torch Euphyllia glabrescenes...all could be next to each other...Hope this helps...

Actually frog and hammer were reclassified under fimbriaphyllia recently. Both are still closely related though.

 

[thamnasteroid]

yes ..vetteguy is correct....hammer,frogspawn and torch are ALL in the Euphyllia family.
for exmple Hammer Euphyllia ancora. frogspawn Euphyllia divisa and torch Euphyllia glabrescenes...all could be next to each other...Hope this helps...

First of all, euphyllia is a genus, not a family. Second of all, hammers and frogspawns are actually fimbriaphyllia now.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I know I'm late to the party, but could it be cristata, aka "short torch"?

Edit:adding a pic from LA for reference. Comes in different colors.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Here's a good summary of the correct classification of "euphyllia-like" coral.

Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia Gardens | New Dawn Aquaculture

There is a common piece of advice given when it comes to keeping Euphyllia gardens in reef tanks. You will hear people say, "You can keep all species of Euphyllia together except for torch corals". While this advice is sound in practice, I feel it illuminates why a better understanding of coral...

ndaquaculture.ca

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

yes ..vetteguy is correct....hammer,frogspawn and torch are ALL in the Euphyllia family.
for exmple Hammer Euphyllia ancora. frogspawn Euphyllia divisa and torch Euphyllia glabrescenes...all could be next to each other...Hope this helps...

Nope. Vetteguy is incorrect

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I was given a couple corals and this one I’m not really sure what it is. I’ll attach an image. Is this thing a torch? I’m not sure. It’s kinda small. What are your thoughts? If it is a torch why is it so small? Especially the head on the bottom right. Barely opens up.

And fwiw, none of the coral types mentioned are soft coral ;)

 

[thamnasteroid]

Here's a good summary of the correct classification of "euphyllia-like" coral.

Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia Gardens | New Dawn Aquaculture

There is a common piece of advice given when it comes to keeping Euphyllia gardens in reef tanks. You will hear people say, "You can keep all species of Euphyllia together except for torch corals". While this advice is sound in practice, I feel it illuminates why a better understanding of coral...

ndaquaculture.ca

Your link is wrong. Paraglabrescens and baliensis are actually classified as euphyllia.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Your link is wrong. Paraglabrescens and baliensis are actually classified as euphyllia.

Thanks. I did not notice that. You are 100% correct.