Multiple ID's Sought

[clippo]

Hi Folks. I'm going through my back catalogue of images and using them to build a website. I've come across quite a few specimens that I'm struggling to ID, or I think I know, but I'm looking for confirmation. I've taken these images at various places in the UK over the last 20 years so the quality does vary a bit... also I'm not really able to give exact details on sizes etc. I realise that some are hard to ID without seeing skeletal details etc but I'm hoping someone will be able to give some ideas at least. I've got quite a few so, here are a handful to start! I'll keep it to LPS corals (or what I ssume are LPS corals) in this thread...

1.

2. Pectinia possibly?

3.?

4.

5. Some kind of Lobophyllia... or Caulastraea?

 

[Sshannon]

Do you have any additional information, such as what the theme of the exhibit was at the time? Like Caribbean vs pacific, etc..

 

[clippo]

no these are all from different places, different shops, different times.

 

[JGT]

1 also looks like a pectinia. 4 looks like a plate coral. 5 looks like a lobo or micromusssa. Why are they all brown?

 

[clippo]

back then most tanks were lit with 10k halides. And the images have been white balanced.

 

[JGT]

back then most tanks were lit with 10k halides. And the images have been white balanced.

OK, yeah thought so. 20 years back I had MH as well but also had actinic with them which gave them better color.

 

[clippo]

I'm really after species level IDs if possible folks... and even a link to a reference source.