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Old 07-29-2014, 08:47 AM   #1
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Coral id help

This was sold to me as a gonipora but it doesn't have that stalk like part like I have seen others have nor did it in the shop. Click image for larger version

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Old 07-29-2014, 08:59 AM   #2
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Is it possible to get a clearer pic?
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that's a short tentacle gonipora It don't have the long arms , like the long tentacle gonipora
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Could be alveopora.


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Goniopora has 24 fingers on each polyp and alveopora has 12 on each. Picture doesn't really look like either


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To me it looks like a torch nothing like a gonipora.

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definitely not a torch
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I'm going out on a limb here and saying galaxea. A much less blue pic would do wonders towards identifying it


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still say pink gonipora
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