Wild Caribbean Coral ID

[Peter Clark]

I just got back from an amazing scuba diving trip to Bonaire. Great reefs. I took literally thousands of photos while there. As I'm going through the photos, one type of coral caught my attention and I am trying to identify it. I'm not sure if it is Mustard Hill Coral (Porites astreoides) or a type of star coral (maybe Lobed Star Coral, Orbicella annularis).

 

[vetteguy53081]

Porites and nice looking ones

 

[Peter Clark]

Porites and nice looking ones

Thank you! Yeah they were beautiful and plentiful. There were similar brown ones I haven't investigated much thus far.

 

[Peter Clark]

Think this brown one would be the same species, just a different color morph?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Think this brown one would be the same species, just a different color morph?

Oooh, , , Xmas tree worms

 

[C. Eymann]

Montastera/orbicella annularis