Coral ID?

[mcgallagherc]

Recently picked up this cool guy at local LFS. Was told it was a meat coral, after a little research it doesnt appear to be. Looks more like Cynarina not acanthopyllia. Be easy, I'm still green. Thanks I'm advance

Edit:kept reading and seems these are also "meat coral" anybodys 2 cents is still welcome.

 

[mdb_talon]

Yes it looks like cynarina to me.

I have heard them called meat corals as well, but personally I only consider acanthos as meat corals.

 

[thamnasteroid]

It looks like some sort of coral in the family lobophylliidae.

 

[mcgallagherc]

Yes it looks like cynarina to me.

I have heard them called meat corals as well, but personally I only consider acanthos as meat corals.

That's what I was thinking that acanthopyllia were meat corals but saw these are also referred as that name.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Recently picked up this cool guy at local LFS. Was told it was a meat coral, after a little research it doesnt appear to be. Looks more like Cynarina not acanthopyllia. Be easy, I'm still green. Thanks I'm advance

Edit:kept reading and seems these are also "meat coral" anybodys 2 cents is still welcome.

Looks like a blastomussa coral

 

[thamnasteroid]

Looks like a blastomussa coral

Blastomussas would have smaller vesicles.

 

[mcgallagherc]

Blastomussas would have smaller vesicles.

This is the blasto in my tank

 

[mdb_talon]

Blastomussas would have smaller vesicles.

Agree. It is nothing like a blasto. This is a pretty common cynarina available for import. The puffy ridges often have a sort of translucent look on these and in the right light in my experience they turn more of a green mixed with a translucent that makes them pretty cool looking but don't demand the same dollars as the reds usually.

 

[Rmckoy]

Yes it looks like cynarina to me.

I have heard them called meat corals as well, but personally I only consider acanthos as meat corals.

I always thought meat corals were also
Called donut , or trachaphillia family spelled wrong )

 

[mdb_talon]

I always thought meat corals were also
Called donut , or trachaphillia family spelled wrong )

Haha I have heard that also. Again I not saying this is the correct way to classify them but in my mind i consider "meats" to be acanthophyllia and I consider donut corals to be cynarina/indophyllia/acanthophyllia.

 

[thamnasteroid]

This is the blasto in my tank

The vesicles on that blastomussa is not as large as the one on that coral.