What is the best LPS VOTE #4 ROUND #2

[Reefkeepers Archive]

You know the drill

Here are our previous winners!


Scolymia
--------------------Lobophyllia
Lobophyllia

Acanthophyllia
------------------------- Acanthophyllia
Indophyllia

Acan lord
-----------------------------Acan lord
Acan enchinata



Friendly reminder that this is round #2, not a repeat of round #1, the more popular/preferred LPS of last round are now being voted off against eachother.

 

[i cant think]

You know the drill

Here are our previous winners!


Scolymia
--------------------Lobophyllia
Lobophyllia

Acanthophyllia
------------------------- Acanthophyllia
Indophyllia

Acan lord
-----------------------------Acan lord
Acan enchinata



Friendly reminder that this is round #2, not a repeat of round #1, the more popular/preferred LPS of last round are now being voted off against eachother.

This one’s hard but I think ‘Favia’ takes it for me (purely because I have an Ironman ‘Favia’ and don’t own any Favites).

 

[Gribbles]

What's the current taxonomy classification of these two?
Also would love to see some colony pictures to illustrate the difference!

 

[Lowsingle]

What's the current taxonomy classification of these two?
Also would love to see some colony pictures to illustrate the difference!

This, can anyone provide a good description of the differences?

Darren

 

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This, can anyone provide a good description of the differences?

Darren

What's the current taxonomy classification of these two?
Also would love to see some colony pictures to illustrate the difference!

Sure, (i think) @encrustingacro mentioned that true favia are not found in the hobby, what most of us consider favia are encrusting LPS that tend to have larger polyps and are more "meaty" than Favities, something that looks like this

While favities are smaller polyps, less meaty and tend to be cratered in unlike most favia

Hope that helped

 

[Lowsingle]

Thank you!

Sure, (i think) @encrustingacro mentioned that true favia are not found in the hobby, what most of us consider favia are encrusting LPS that tend to have larger polyps and are more "meaty" than Favities, something that looks like this

While favities are smaller polyps, less meaty and tend to be cratered in unlike most favia

Hope that helped

 

[encrustingacro]

Most former Favia are now Dipsastraea, although there are a few species moved to other genera, most notably: Goniastrea stelligera, Favites rotundata, and Astraeosmilia maxima. Favia used to be defined as corals with plocoid corallites and intracalicular budding, although us hobbyists use the name to apply to basically all merulinid brain corals, including Favites and Coelastrea.

 

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ATTENTION: Poll #5 of round 2 is out now! Be sure to cast your vote!