id of this goniopora

[JerryThomas]

Hello can you please id this goniopora? Red daisy? Mickey mouse?

 

[Reefer40b]

no picture?...

 

[JerryThomas]

Hello can you please id this goniopora? Red daisy? Mickey mouse?

 

[Reefer40b]

Looks like a Bernardpora, pretty standard coloration for this type. The bigger they get the longer the polyp extension. Can't be placed next regular goniporas

 

[JerryThomas]

Never hear about this Coral, bernardpora[QUOTE="JerryThomas, post: 7946213,

 

[C. Eymann]

Never hear about this Coral, bernardpora[QUOTE="JerryThomas, post: 7946213,

Most people/vendors call this short tentacle goniopora/ microgoniopora, when its actually bernardpora.

Many common corals in the hobby are mis ID'd, like dragon soul favia (actually goniastera), or all the favites are incorrectly called favias

dont even get me started on how many zoanthids are incorrectly called "palys" lol

 

[JerryThomas]

Ok and is it rare like a goniopora or not? What's the price more or less

 

[C. Eymann]

Ok and is it rare like a goniopora or not? What's the price more or less

Im not wholly convinced your coral is actually bernardpora, some species of goniopora like G. somaliensis can be hard to distinguish from bernardopora.

That being said, goniopora isn't really rare as whole, now that they arent only importing G. stokesi like they did for decades (the species responsible for giving goniopora its -difficult to keep reputation)

Goniopora is pretty common in the hobby, as with everything color is pretty much what determines price, that and a catchy comic book name. lol

 

[JerryThomas]

Im not wholly convinced your coral is actually bernardpora, some species of goniopora like G. somaliensis can be hard to distinguish from bernardopora.

That being said, goniopora isn't really rare as whole, now that they arent only importing G. stokesi like they did for decades (the species responsible for giving goniopora its -difficult to keep reputation)

Goniopora is pretty common in the hobby, as with everything color is pretty much what determines price, that and a catchy comic book name. lol