What coral is this??

SauceyReef · Nov 19, 2023

Tiny Trachy? Scoly? Favia? Bowerbanki?

What is this?!

Enchanted Reefs · Nov 21, 2023

Not good with lps ID but looks like a scoly to me

encrustingacro · Nov 21, 2023

not a scoly; it's either a Merulinid or Lobophylliid of some sort. Either Bowerbanki or Dipsastraea; I'm leaning towards bowerbanki based on flesh texture

Reefkeepers Archive · Nov 21, 2023

encrustingacro said:
not a scoly; it's either a Merulinid or Lobophylliid of some sort. Either Bowerbanki or Dipsastraea; I'm leaning towards bowerbanki based on flesh texture

Agree with @encrustingacro, though you forgot to mention tissue texture also rules out trachyphyllia

SauceyReef · Nov 21, 2023

Thank you! Someone posted in a scoly group and I was rather sure it was not a Scoly whatever it was.

How does the texture rule out a trachy? It almost seems that it was made me think it could be a trachy. Rough lines going all through the coral (plus the color combo is well known in trachys).

Reefkeepers Archive · Nov 21, 2023

SauceyReef said:
Thank you! Someone posted in a scoly group and I was rather sure it was not a Scoly whatever it was.

How does the texture rule out a trachy? It almost seems that it was made me think it could be a trachy. Rough lines going all through the coral (plus the color combo is well known in trachys).

While I'm not sure if I have a T. Geoffroyi or T. Welso (@encrustingacro?) I've only ever seen smooth flesh texture

MississippiHippi · Nov 21, 2023

This is it after lights off with its feeders out

encrustingacro · Nov 21, 2023

Reefkeepers Archive said:
While I'm not sure if I have a T. Geoffroyi or T. Welso (@encrustingacro?) I've only ever seen smooth flesh texture

Trachyphyllia have radiating lines (like yours). Trachys and welsos are conspecific; welsos were synonymized with Trachys in the early 2010s.

Reefkeepers Archive · Nov 21, 2023

encrustingacro said:
Trachyphyllia have radiating lines (like yours). Trachys and welsos are conspecific; welsos were synonymized with Trachys in the early 2010s.

The radiating lines is true, though I've never seen the bumpy texture like on @MississippiHippi's on a trachy, so i doubt it is one. By the way @encrustingacro, is mine a T. Welso or T. Geoffroyi?

encrustingacro · Nov 21, 2023

Reefkeepers Archive said:
The radiating lines is true, though I've never seen the bumpy texture like on @MississippiHippi's on a trachy, so i doubt it is one. By the way @encrustingacro, is mine a T. Welso or T. Geoffroyi?

Geoffroyi; Wellsos were reclassified to Trachyphyllia in the 90s (the genus was resurrected for a brief period in 2012, but was resynonymized).

encrustingacro · Nov 21, 2023

Reefkeepers Archive said:
The radiating lines is true, though I've never seen the bumpy texture like on @MississippiHippi's on a trachy, so i doubt it is one. By the way @encrustingacro, is mine a T. Welso or T. Geoffroyi?

It's also impossible to tell with your colony, as it looks like a juvenile and hasn't started meandering yet. Trachys are flabello-meandroid while Wellsos are just meandroid.

Reefkeepers Archive · Nov 21, 2023

encrustingacro said:
It's also impossible to tell with your colony, as it looks like a juvenile and hasn't started meandering yet. Trachys are flabello-meandroid while Wellsos are just meandroid.

What would that look like?

encrustingacro · Nov 21, 2023

Reefkeepers Archive said:
What would that look like?

Flabello-meandroid is a mixture of phaceloid (think Caulastrea/Astraeosmilia) and meandroid; think of "wall" Fimbriaphyllia. Meandroid has shared walls and polystomatous corallites arranged in valleys; think Platygyra.