What is this acro? Corallite density is insane.

[Kzang]

And it’s yellow!

 

[lwien01]

And it’s yellow!

 

[lwien01]

Acropora Spathulata

 

[DIYreefer]

I'm going with a.humillis

https://www.google.com/search?clien...HQWTA5sQtKgLegQIDxAB&biw=384&bih=653&dpr=3.75

 

[DIYreefer]

Or maybe...

https://www.google.com/search?q=acr...HbyLCYMQrNwCegQIaxAA&biw=384&bih=653&dpr=3.75

 

[Kzang]

It’s from Fiji if that helps

 

[Big E]

I would say A. samoensis......... they seem to have longer branches than gemmiferra or humilis.

I recently saw a blue one at my LFS which is one I'd like to add to my collection. They were common before Fiji shut down.

 

[Kzang]

I would say A. samoensis......... they seem to have longer branches than gemmiferra or humilis.

I recently saw a blue one at my LFS which is one I'd like to add to my collection. They were common before Fiji shut down.

I think you may be the closest to what it may be. Could be wrong. They all look very similar

 

[KrisReef]

I think you may be the closest to what it may be. Could be wrong. They all look very similar

The curse of coral morphology is that often you have to have a scanning electron microscope and J.E.N. Veron by your side to hope to identify a coral properly, and you will have to cut off a frag to do the examination.

I wonder if the seller can provide the name under which it was shipped? @ExtremeCorals (Nice looking stuff, as always!)

 

[thamnasteroid]

It looks like the digitate phenotype, so that narrows it down a bit. I would wager it's A. gemmifera.

 

[thamnasteroid]

I'm going with a.humillis

https://www.google.com/search?clien...HQWTA5sQtKgLegQIDxAB&biw=384&bih=653&dpr=3.75

Humilis has larger axial corallites

Acropora Spathulata

Spathulata is usually not solid green and has more flared radial corallites. Spathulata is also corymbose, not digitate

 

[14 foot reef]

Funny, No one agreed on the same name. :thinking-face:

 

[DIYreefer]

Funny, No one agreed on the same name. :thinking-face:

Because none of us know :)

We do have two votes for gemmifera, though. Lol.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Actually, now that I look at it again, it could be humilis

 

[KrisReef]

Funny, No one agreed on the same name. :thinking-face:

Just like trying to pick names for children, and grandchildren, everyone has a favorite but almost nobody has an electron microscope which is a great tool for generating names, it turns out. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[djf91]

Definitely A. humilis or gemmifera.

 

[Big E]

If anyone is into doing the ID stuff The Coral Finder is considered a very good guide.

https://byoguides.com/products/coral-finder

 

[GlassMunky]

And it’s yellow!

All their stuff is HIGHLY saturated in post editing…
I’d be highly surprised if it actually looked that in person

 

[GlassMunky]

My vote is Gemmifera or Humilis tho on what coral it is

 

[thamnasteroid]

The curse of coral morphology is that often you have to have a scanning electron microscope and J.E.N. Veron by your side to hope to identify a coral properly, and you will have to cut off a frag to do the examination.

I wonder if the seller can provide the name under which it was shipped? @ExtremeCorals (Nice looking stuff, as always!)

Many of Veron's concepts on coral classification are wrong, and judging by the CotW website, he often misidentifies them.

Or maybe...

https://www.google.com/search?q=acr...HbyLCYMQrNwCegQIaxAA&biw=384&bih=653&dpr=3.75

I wouldn't recommend using a Google image search for reference images, as many of the photos are misidentified.

If anyone is into doing the ID stuff The Coral Finder is considered a very good guide.

https://byoguides.com/products/coral-finder

Coral finder is a good guide; however, it mostly only IDs down to the genus level. Indo-Pacific Corals by Joe Rowlett is a good guide too, although the taxonomy is somewhat outdated, being released in 2020.