LPS ID

[Apoc68]

Hello,

I recently purchased a large colony of an LPS coral that I am unfamiliar with.

It is a branching species with each branch about the size of a nickel and when the polyps are extended they're about the size of a quarter.

Thanks!

 

[NashobaTek]

Bump

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hammer coral and member of the euphyllia family

 

[DSEKULA]

Looks like an Euphyllia paraancora (branching hammer) to me.

 

[DSEKULA]

The way it was explained to me this is
Euphyllia paraancora

This is
Euphyllia ancora

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

I’m leaning towards cristata torch

 

[vetteguy53081]

It is paraancora - hammer coral and again member of Euphyllia family

 

[Apoc68]

I wasn't aware hammer corals came in this form. I have several with the size and shape polyps but this one has much smaller polyps and the tentacles don't have the hammer shape. They're almost like mini plate corals

Here's a another photo that's a little clearer. For scale, that sexy shrimp is about 1-1.5 cm long.

 

[SamMule]

I vote euphyllia cristata.

Are There small "plates" of skeleton between the tentacles like this?

I could be wrong... My cristata does not have the defined"mouth" that yours has

 

[F i s h y]

Cristata

 

[Apoc68]

Yes there are. He sold it to me as frogspawn which it definitely is not but he did mention the colony is about 8 years old, if that helps.

 

[1ByLand2BySea]

I believe it is Euphyllia cristata too.

 

[Apoc68]

After looking at a bunch of photos, it does look most like cristata. The colony is about the size of a volleyball and I had to cram it in my 20 gallon invert QT. Once I get it into the DT I should be able to get some better photos when it really opens up.

Thanks everyone!