February, 2018 POTM Contest - Chalices

[Birddog]

DBL Post

 

[Birddog]

Amazing bro

Thanks D!

 

[david p.]

 

[PedroYoung]

Had a hard time choosing which one to pick, but just decided to go with my guy. @WWC Hot Stuff

unreal hotstuff3 crop-2 by Peter Young, on Flickr

 

[reefkeeperCOL]

here is my entry. a macro shot of hollywood Stunner Chalice

IMG_7564 by mauricio canon, en Flickr

 

[Tony Thompson]

Nope. Chalice corals are of the Pectiniidae family:

Echinomorpha
Echinophyllia
Mycedium
Oxypora
Pectinia
Physophyllia

However oddly enough, many of the popular "chalices" in the trade are Echinopora, which technically is not in the Pectiniidae family. I also have never considered a Pectinia a chalice but it is technically.

But I thought this family Pectinidae had been updated since then. Am I correct in thinking The Echinophyllia was moved from the family Pectinidae to the family Lobo Phylliidae. Which by the way Acanthastrea Echinata now resides. So according to the list you provided, Nautical Nathaniel's Echinata is in the family with the Echinophyllia (Chalice) or my Pectinia photo is the only Chalice in the family Pectinidae , ha ha. Only joking. Great photos guys. A Chalice is a Chalice only by name. Or am I completely wrong, would not be the first time, ha ha.

 

[Tony Thompson]

Based on molecular results by Fukami et al. (2008), Dai and Horng (2009) moved Echinophyllia and Oxypora to the family Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng 2009, and Budd et al. (2012) placed the remainder of the Pectiniidae in the Merulinidae Verrill, 1866. To date, the most detailed and updated overview of morphologic characters of Echinophyllia including micro-morphology is provided by Budd et al. (2012).

"Echinophyllia tarae sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), a new reef coral species from the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
Francesca Benzoni"

Oh no, my Pectinia has moved family as well, where have all the Chalices gone. Is the Pectiniidiae familly now defunct?

 

[debby]

 

[debby]

the chalice before this was / is mine!

 

[BigJohnny]

Based on molecular results by Fukami et al. (2008), Dai and Horng (2009) moved Echinophyllia and Oxypora to the family Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng 2009, and Budd et al. (2012) placed the remainder of the Pectiniidae in the Merulinidae Verrill, 1866. To date, the most detailed and updated overview of morphologic characters of Echinophyllia including micro-morphology is provided by Budd et al. (2012).

"Echinophyllia tarae sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), a new reef coral species from the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
Francesca Benzoni"

Oh no, my Pectinia has moved family as well, where have all the Chalices gone. Is the Pectiniidiae familly now defunct?

There are constantly people moving stuff around but it doesn't necessarily mean it's widely accepted. Let's keep it simple here and go with stuff that was sold with chalice in the name lol

 

[Rich Klein]

Best post ever. They're all beautiful.

 

[iemsparticus]

I’ll play along... here’s my entry. :)

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[DSC reef]

I’ll play along... here’s my entry :)
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Nice pics man!!

 

[iemsparticus]

Nice pics man

Thanks! I’ve been loving that guy recently.

Not sure why the image went up twice... it’s not saving my edit to remove one of them either. Lol

 

[dbl]

...Not sure why the image went up twice... it’s not saving my edit to remove one of them either. Lol

Taken care of! Great picture.

 

[iemsparticus]

Taken care of! Great picture.

Thanks! :)

 

[DSC reef]

Thanks! I’ve been loving that guy recently.

Not sure why the image went up twice... it’s not saving my edit to remove one of them either. Lol

We know what your up to @iemsparticus trying to sneak in 2 entries!;Hilarious

 

[iemsparticus]

We know what your up to @iemsparticus trying to sneak in 2 entries!;Hilarious

You’re on to me... snaps!

 

[dnyceli]

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[Mark Waltermire]

I'm not good with photoshop, so here is a raw photo straight from the camera. This is my first photo contest entry on here!