Chalice ID help

[nbrown82]

Picked up frag from LFS of "ice blue" chalice. Curious if anyone's seen something like this. Highlighter-blue body, orange mouths and yellow-green stalks around mouths. Awesome varietal - just curious if anyone'd seen thus and could ID it.

 

[revsgirl]

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[returnofsid]

If you purchased it as an "Ice Blue Chalice," you have already ID'd the "trade name." If you're looking for a scientific name, my guess would be Echinophyllia species or possibly Echinopora species...

 

[mainereefer]

its a chalice, very nice one but just a chalice. you could call it a ice king chalice, (superking is already taken)
if you are not a "high end" coral chop shop it dosnt matter what you call it you could always send a frag to one of the chop shops and then once they put their name on it.
otherwise its just a no name chalice

 

[nbrown82]

Thanks for all the feedback. Realizing how much of the coral trade is branding, not the actual "common names" for coral.

Is there a truck for I.D.ing what the genus is? Chalice seems to be just the growth pattern...

 

[TheReefShack]

I have a mother coloney just like that about 8" across and we call it a blue ice chalice.

 

[Beach Bum]

Looks like the superman chalice

 

[TheReefShack]

The colors are similar but the one I have has a different eye formation then a original shipman chalice.