Can anyone give a coral ID?

[BaileysTank]

Got this from a friend try to nurse it back to life!

 

[encrustingacro]

Either a lobophyllia or trachyphyllia I'm guessing

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Got this from a friend try to nurse it back to life!

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Can you get a pic of it from the side, so we can see how the skeleton is formed?

Also, @fishguy242 or @Lost in the Sauce may be able to get you a positive ID.

 

[vetteguy53081]

tricky without tank lighting but looks like eith lobophyllia or wilsoni but leaning towards wilsoni

 

[fishguy242]

thinking lobo /symphillia ?? @Mibu thoughts ??

 

[Goaway]

thinking lobo /symphillia ?? @Mibu thoughts ??

Stripes on flesh like a trachy, they got got lumped in as a trachy. So, which one could be wilsoni. Never seen a lobo with those kinds of stripes.

Could be symphyllia as well.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Wilsoni/Trachy at gut instinct.

 

[Dolphins18]

Wilsoni/Trachy at gut instinct.

Yep, Id bet its a trachy based on the flesh that remains. Skeleton structure looks a bit more Wilsoni like.

 

[Goaway]

Wellsophyllia Is what I was thinking of. Not symphyillia wilsoni.

 

[BaileysTank]

Can you get a pic of it from the side, so we can see how the skeleton is formed?

Also, @fishguy242 or @Lost in the Sauce may be able to get you a positive ID.

I will get a side pic when I get back to my home

 

[encrustingacro]

thinking lobo /symphillia ?? @Mibu thoughts ??

Symphyllias don't exist; they were reclassified as lobophyllia

Wellsophyllia Is what I was thinking of. Not symphyillia wilsoni.

Welsophyllias don't exist; they are trachyphyllias
Symphyllia wilsoni is actually australophyllia, not symphyllia

 

[Goaway]

Symphyllias don't exist; they were reclassified as lobophyllia

Welsophyllias don't exist; they are trachyphyllias
Symphyllia wilsoni is actually australophyllia, not symphyllia

Yuh, that's my point in my first post. They all got lumped up in the same group.

 

[fishguy242]

guess the world has not caught up yet...

 

[Goaway]

guess the world has not caught up yet...
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I think it's absolutely ridiculous 2 differently shaped coral are put in the same name. Maybe it's just me.

 

[encrustingacro]

I think it's absolutely ridiculous 2 differently shaped coral are put in the same name. Maybe it's just me.

It's probably because of genetic/skeletal analysis that wellsophyllias got synonymized with trachyphyllias. It's probably the same reason why pachyseptas got reclassified as acans.

 

[Cell]

Symphyllias don't exist; they were reclassified as lobophyllia

Welsophyllias don't exist; they are trachyphyllias
Symphyllia wilsoni is actually australophyllia, not symphyllia

You know this stuff well! It would be great to have a stickied chart/spreadsheet detailing old/new names scientific and common...just saying!

 

[Goaway]

It's probably because of genetic/skeletal analysis that wellsophyllias got synonymized with trachyphyllias. It's probably the same reason why pachyseptas got reclassified as acans.

Now acans make sense.
You have several species in the acan family.
Rotundoflora
Enchinata
Pachyseptas being one of the newer species.

Now trachyphyllia? It's all "Trachyphyllia geoffroyi"

 

[encrustingacro]

Now acans make sense.
You have several species in the acan family.
Rotundoflora
Enchinata
Pachyseptas being one of the newer species.

Now trachyphyllia? It's all "Trachyphyllia geoffroyi"

It's probably not enough genetic difference between the 2 type specimens.

 

[encrustingacro]

You know this stuff well! It would be great to have a stickied chart/spreadsheet detailing old/new names scientific and common...just saying!

WoRMS has an up to date database with all accepted coral species, genera, and families, and their previous combinations and synonyms.