Green Slimer Confusion

[Reefing102]

So based on this, I’d say mine is either an abro or aspera. Not the greatest pic but was sold to me as a green slimer

 

[Scubabum]

One of my favorite corals. The Bali Green Slimer. Boy do they slime. lol

 

[exnisstech]

Any thoughts on this one? I bought it as a Bali Green slimer but really have no idea. I'm having doubts tho.
It was single vertical branch when I got it's so it's been a good grower for me.

 

[Pistondog]

Any thoughts on this one? I bought it as a Bali Green slimer but really have no idea. I'm having doubts tho.
It was single vertical branch when I got it's so it's been a good grower for me.

Abro, not classic slimer. I also have this hairy imposter.

 

[apb03]

The Abro slimer may not be as vibrant as a genuine Green Slimer, but I like it equally as much. The polyps extension is so good. No matter what is going on with my tank, this thing is always happy.

 

[jackson6745]

Here’s what I believe to be an abrolhensis in my tank.

 

[VintageReefer]

These are pics from 2012 and 2013 for what we called green slimer back then

The pics are in the wrong order but you can see how it grew. It did not have orange growth tips

 

[Reign1]

Yup totally agree on the Yongei I thought is was kinda weird that many called green stags "slimer" when to me they werent the slimer I grew to love.
Huh guess i am getting old as I am still in love with the oldie but goodie acros.

 

[djf91]

These are pics from 2012 and 2013 for what we called green slimer back then

The pics are in the wrong order but you can see how it grew. It did not have orange growth tips

What lights were you running over this tank?

 

[VintageReefer]

What lights were you running over this tank?

2x 250w phoenix 14k
and
2 x 54w t5 coral +
2 x 54w t5 blue +
And
36” blue led stunner strip

For any of these pics, I don’t remember what Iighting combination I had at that moment. I think I experimented and for photography used halide only and halide + led accent strip

 

[Jay6363]

I would love to have both in my tank……

 

[djf91]

2x 250w phoenix 14k
and
2 x 54w t5 coral +
2 x 54w t5 blue +
And
36” blue led stunner strip

Ahh very nice. Had that Phoenix look to it.

 

[Rwwilli]

Sold to me as a green highlighter, but does release a ton of slime when messed with.

Was the about a 2 inch piece 3 years ago.

 

[19Mateo83]

I recently lucked out at the LFS and was allowed to purchase two broken off tips of acro yongei for $10. I’m stoked to have this old school Bali slimer in my tank. I haven’t seen one of these since I got back into reeding after a 12 year hiatus.
Here’s pics of my frags

And here’s the mother colony

 

[thamnasteroid]

I don't think green slimers are actually yongei or abrolhosensis.

Compare with yongei's holotype:
Acropora yongei type specimen | GBR, Australia | Credit: JEN Veron and Carden Wallace

Note the flared radials.

Also compare with abrolhosensis's holotype:
Acropora abrolhosensis | Houtman-Abrolhos, Western Australia | Credit: JEN Veron

Note the widely-spaced, outward-facing tubular radials.

The green slimer has neither of these characteristics.

I can't speak for sure on aspera as I can't seem to find the type specimen, but aspera also has flared radials (sorta looks like an arborescent millepora)

 

[mcarroll]

Good post but FYI this thread is a zombie from 2024.

I've always wondered when folks get really confident about species level ID in corals because morphological features (to put it in a nutshell) tend to be very unreliable.

So we know how to tell "green slimer" from other corals. But I agree that I don't know if we really know what species Green Slimer really is. I've never heard of anyone getting any coral genetically, microscopically or otherwise legitimately identified....tho I suppose it could have happened. The Stuber Staghorn is probably an exception since it came into the hobby via the lab. ;)

 

[mcarroll]

The Stuber Staghorn is probably an exception since it came into the hobby via the lab.

Ok, snuff that one out.....heard that factoid back in the mid-2000's, don't remember where of course. Apparently not true whatsoever. LOL