What is the best LPS VOTE #22!

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You know the drill.

Here are our previous winners!


Scolymia
--------------------Scolymia
Cynarina

Frogspawn (branching or wall)
-----------------------------------------------torches
Torches

Favia
------------------favia
Platygyra

Trachyphyllia
------------------------Acanthophyllia
Acanthophyllia

Blastomoussa
-------------------------Duncan
Duncan

Lobophyllia
-----------------------Lobophyllia
Symphyllia

Favities
------------------Favities
Leptastrea

Alveopora
-------------------goniopora
Goniopora

Chalice
----------------chalice
Pectinia

Hammer (branching or wall)
--------------------‐---------------------hammer
Octospawn

Acan lord
-----------------------------acan lord
Acan bowerbanki

Galaxea
-----------------Frammer
Frammer

L. Rowleyensis (australomussa)
--------------------------‐-‐--------L. rowleyensis
Moseleya

Physogyra
------------------Pleogyra
Pleogyra

Cyphastrea
---------------------Cyphastrea
Turbinaria

Helmet "fungia"
---------‐----------------Heliofungia
Heliofungia

Nemenzophyllia
------------------------------------- B. Merletti
Blastomoussa merletti

Cataphyllia
-----------------------Cataphyllia
Hydnophora

Walking dendro
--------------------------Tubastrea
Tubastrea

Goniastrea
--------------------------Acan enchinata
Acan enchinata

Indophyllia
---------------------Indophyllia
Wilsoni

 

[i cant think]

I guess if we’re going with what the hobby calls Fungia then I’ll vote that but if we’re going with what the true Fungia is I’d say cycloseris would win my vote.

 

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I guess if we’re going with what the hobby calls Fungia then I’ll vote that but if we’re going with what the true Fungia is I’d say cycloseris would win my vote.

Yes, there are too many "fungia" species in this hobby. Fungia as in the slightly dome shaped single polyp coral, and Cycloseris as Cycloseris

 

[thamnasteroid]

Yes, there are too many "fungia" species in this hobby. Fungia as in the slightly dome shaped single polyp coral, and Cycloseris as Cycloseris

I would recommend putting what you were originally calling "Fragile Fungia" as "Diaseris" or "ex-Diaseris species" instead of Cycloseris. Even though Diaseris is an unaccepted name, it is more specific to the species you are talking about; using "Cycloseris" could lead to misunderstandings, as Cycloseris includes more than just the ex-Diaseris species, and actually includes most of what we hobbyists call "Fungia."

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

I would recommend putting what you were originally calling "Fragile Fungia" as "Diaseris" or "ex-Diaseris species" instead of Cycloseris. Even though Diaseris is an unaccepted name, it is more specific to the species you are talking about; using "Cycloseris" could lead to misunderstandings, as Cycloseris includes more than just the ex-Diaseris species, and actually includes most of what we hobbyists call "Fungia."

If there is a next time than I'll be sure to include that! Also, can I have the species name of "Candy cane" coral and "trumpet" coral? Thanks!

 

[thamnasteroid]

If there is a next time than I'll be sure to include that! Also, can I have the species name of "Candy cane" coral and "trumpet" coral? Thanks!

Candy canes are Caulastraea furcata, Trumpets are Astraeosmilia curvata

 

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