SPS ID

[Savanna’sReefAndFish]

let me know your thoughts...

 

[DJF]

Stylophora

 

[Dburr1014]

Agreed, purple at that.

 

[Savanna’sReefAndFish]

Stylophora

Thank you!

 

[Troylee]

Purple stylo! Cool piece that’s a fast grower!

 

[Savanna’sReefAndFish]

Purple stylo! Cool piece that’s a fast grower!

Any idea for spcecies? Im thinking Stylophora madagascarensis

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

let me know your thoughts...

Stylophora

 

[Troylee]

Any idea for spcecies? Im thinking Stylophora madagascarensis

I believe Pocilloporidae but I could be wrong… I’m not the best with species.

 

[MoshJosh]

I gotta agree with @Troylee, think pocillopora is my first guess! That said it could also be a stylo!

 

[Savanna’sReefAndFish]

I believe Pocilloporidae but I could be wrong… I’m not the best with species.

stylo is in the family Pocilloporidae, so yes, but Im looking for species

 

[MoshJosh]

stylo is in the family Pocilloporidae, so yes, but Im looking for species

EDIT: maybe Stylophora pistillata

 

[encrustingacro]

Any idea for spcecies? Im thinking Stylophora madagascarensis

Wouldn't be Stylophora madagascarensis, as that only occurs in the Western Indian Ocean, whereas all the stony corals in the hobby are collected/farmed in the Pacific. The Stylophora in the Andaman-West Pacific are an undescribed species.

 

[Savanna’sReefAndFish]

Wouldn't be Stylophora madagascarensis, as that only occurs in the Western Indian Ocean, whereas all the stony corals in the hobby are collected/farmed in the Pacific. The Stylophora in the Andaman-West Pacific are an undescribed species.

This is a coral in a research lab, not a hobby tank. Im unsure where he got it from.

 

[encrustingacro]

This is a coral in a research lab, not a hobby tank. Im unsure where he got it from.

Judging by the color morph, he probably just got this from an LFS and put it in a lab, so it would be safe to assume this is from the west Pacific. S. madascarensis is brown with larger corallites and visible hoods.

EDIT: maybe Stylophora pistillata

S. pistillata is a Red Sea endemic, so it wouldn't be that.

stylo is in the family Pocilloporidae, so yes, but Im looking for species

The Stylophora found in the Pacific is an undescribed species in the S. pistillata complex.

 

[Savanna’sReefAndFish]

Judging by the color morph, he probably just got this from an LFS and put it in a lab, so it would be safe to assume this is from the west Pacific. S. madascarensis is brown with larger corallites and visible hoods.


S. pistillata is a Red Sea endemic, so it wouldn't be that.


The Stylophora found in the Pacific is an undescribed species in the S. pistillata complex.

This is true. Can you describe to me what "hoods" are? I kept seeing that term in my ID book but I dont really know what that means. So you are also thinking S. pistillata?

 

[encrustingacro]

This is true. Can you describe to me what "hoods" are? I kept seeing that term in my ID book but I dont really know what that means. So you are also thinking S. pistillata?

Hoods are these little protrusions that come off the side of each corallite in Stylophora, similar to the coenosteal spines on Stylocoeniella. For some reason, aquarium specimens of Stylophora don't have visible hoods.
No, not pistillata, as that is a Red Sea endemic. The West-pacific Stylophora is an undescribed species.

 

[SFREEF3R]

I thought I had read here that the typical purple Stylo we see in the hobby is in fact a pistillata collected from the Red Sea:

Confirmed: The purple Milka Stylo was originally collected in the Red Sea | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

The Purple Milka Stylo aka purple polyp Stylophora is a very unusual coral. Of all the strains of birdnest (Seriatopora) cat’s paw (Stylophora) and Pocillopora that we’ve ever seen imported for the…

reefbuilders.com

 

[Savanna’sReefAndFish]

Hoods are these little protrusions that come off the side of each corallite in Stylophora, similar to the coenosteal spines on Stylocoeniella. For some reason, aquarium specimens of Stylophora don't have visible hoods.
No, not pistillata, as that is a Red Sea endemic. The West-pacific Stylophora is an undescribed species.

Ok interesting. Let me throw it under a scope and I’ll post pics