What is the best LPS VOTE #6!

What is your preference VOTE#6

  • Lobophyllia

    Votes: 11 55.0%
  • Symphyllia

    Votes: 9 45.0%

  • Total voters
    20
  • Poll closed .
Basically

Also I need to speak with who classified lobos as acans
Lol Lobophyllia hemprichii was reclassified as Acanthastrea because of it's highly aggressive tendencies and the fact that it only ever has a single mouth per polyp. It melts any true Lobo you put next to it, but does not fight with acans of various species.
 
Lol Lobophyllia hemprichii was reclassified as Acanthastrea because of it's highly aggressive tendencies and the fact that it only ever has a single mouth per polyp. It melts any true Lobo you put next to it, but does not fight with acans of various species.
Good to know I have a true lobo
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2 heads have 3 mouths, hoping it will split soon
 
The 'classic' lobophyllia you shared is now part of the Acanthastrea genus, and the entirety of Symphyllia has been annexed into Lobophyllia. So at this point, the whole poll is "shared wall lobo vs split wall lobo".
Basically

Also I need to speak with who classified lobos as acans
Only Lobophyllia pachysepta was reclassified to Acanthastrea; all other Lobophyllia are still Lobos. They were reclassified based on molecular (genetic) evidence. The way Acanthastrea pachysepta is told apart from Lobophyllia is by the flesh texture; A. pachysepta has a more "wrinkly" flesh texture with concentric folds and septal beading, while Lobophyllia has either a "velvety" or "warty" flesh texture, and rarely has septal beading. As far as I know, A. pachysepta is a South Pacific endemic, so most of the pachyseptas should be coming from Australia, although I have seen a few come from Indonesia.
 
Lol Lobophyllia hemprichii was reclassified as Acanthastrea because of it's highly aggressive tendencies and the fact that it only ever has a single mouth per polyp. It melts any true Lobo you put next to it, but does not fight with acans of various species.
Lobophyllia pachysepta, not hemprichii, although there is an Acanthastrea hemprichii (unrelated). What @Reefkeepers Archive has is most likely a L. hemprichii based on the flesh texture. Acanthastrea pachysepta doesn't always have one mouth per polyp; it can become polystomatous in elongated or flabello-meandroid polyps.
 
Lobophyllia pachysepta, not hemprichii, although there is an Acanthastrea hemprichii (unrelated). What @Reefkeepers Archive has is most likely a L. hemprichii based on the flesh texture. Acanthastrea pachysepta doesn't always have one mouth per polyp; it can become polystomatous in elongated or flabello-meandroid polyps.
Thanks @encrustingacro ! Than what would "symphyllia" be (not wilisoni) as in the one in this photo
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I swear wholesalers will mislabel everything!
 
Lobophyllia pachysepta, not hemprichii, although there is an Acanthastrea hemprichii (unrelated). What @Reefkeepers Archive has is most likely a L. hemprichii based on the flesh texture. Acanthastrea pachysepta doesn't always have one mouth per polyp; it can become polystomatous in elongated or flabello-meandroid polyps.
Also here's a better photo of my (hopefully) lobo
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IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%
  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%
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