SPS Identification Pocillopora or stylo?

[jlane220]

I picked up this colony a while back and was told it was a style. But the more I look at it the less convinced I am that it is. Is it a pocillopora maybe?

 

[KrisReef]

I picked up this colony a while back and was told it was a style. But the more I look at it the less convinced I am that it is. Is it a pocillopora maybe?

Stylophora is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Pocilloporidae. They are commonly known as cat's paw corals or birdsnest corals. They are native to the Red Sea, the Indo-Pacific region and eastwards as far as the Pitcairn Islands. Wikipedia

 

[thamnasteroid]

Can you get a closer photo? It might be Pocillopora damicornis, or it might be Stylophora. In the wild, Stylophora are IDed by their hooded corallites, but they usually lose these in captivity. In captivity, you can tell these two genera apart by the even-ness of their tentacles.

 

[i cant think]

I picked up this colony a while back and was told it was a style. But the more I look at it the less convinced I am that it is. Is it a pocillopora maybe?

Looks to me more like a stylophora as poccilopora are generally much more compact.

 

[BOYERZ]

Hard to tell as flow has a great effect on colony size and shape.

Looks like low flow stylo.

Edit: nevermind I saw the gyre.

Pocillopora​

Can't be certain without a better pic.

 

[jlane220]

Can you get a closer photo? It might be Pocillopora damicornis, or it might be Stylophora. In the wild, Stylophora are IDed by their hooded corallites, but they usually lose these in captivity. In captivity, you can tell these two genera apart by the even-ness of their tentacles.

Can you get a closer photo? It might be Pocillopora damicornis, or it might be Stylophora. In the wild, Stylophora are IDed by their hooded corallites, but they usually lose these in captivity. In captivity, you can tell these two genera apart by the even-ness of their tentacles.

Hopefully this one will help. I have been trying to search for defining characteristics between the 2. Thanks.

 

[jlane220]

Hard to tell as flow has a great effect on colony size and shape.

Looks like low flow stylo.

Edit: nevermind I saw the gyre.

Pocillopora​

Can't be certain without a better pic.

 

[BOYERZ]

Stylo / cats paw

Here's mine, I think they look pretty close just different growth patterns:

 

[jlane220]

Stylo / cats paw

Here's mine, I think they look pretty close just different growth patterns:

Thanks I appreciate the comparison to yours. It really helps.