Fun quiz! Can you ID SPS by its polyps?

[Slocke]

Been playing around with my Macro and the Avast Marine porthole. Quiz is self explanatory, can you give me the genus (and species or marketing name if you’re extra smart) of these SPS corals. Hint: all but two are a different genus.

A

B

C

D

E

F

@ISpeakForTheSeas i know coral isn’t your thing but thought you may enjoy. No pressure

 

[Gribbles]

Yep all them there are the living kind!


Beautiful pics and great idea!

 

[Johnd651]

Ummm...Acropolis sp

 

[Gribbles]

My guess : B is a cyphastrae, C is an acro, E or F is a stylocinella

 

[alindell]

Last one looks like sunset monti

 

[Slocke]

Last one looks like sunset monti

Correct!

 

[Reefering1]

The 1st Pic is a auto feeder

 

[Slocke]

My guess : B is a cyphastrae, C is an acro, E or F is a stylocinella

Overthinking it. They are all fairly common. May have gotten one out of order

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

B

Let's take a wild guess here...

Acropora Sarmentosa? Mint sarmentosa?

 

[encrustingacro]

1. Cycloseris wellsi/explanulata; morph "Freak Hair", commonly misidentified as Pavona or Lithophyllon
2. Acropora
3. first guess Anacropora; second guess Montipora
4. Stylophora
5. cf Pavona varians; morph "Mr. Freeze", commonly misidentified as Leptoseris
6. Montipora

 

[Slocke]

Let's take a wild guess here...

Sarmentosa acropora? Mint sarmentosa?

Genus first species second but….

TBH I dont know the species but the genus is Acropora

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Genus first species second but….

TBH Indint know the species but the genus is Acropora

Yeah I fixed it. Knew it didn't sound right lol.

 

[Slocke]

1. Cycloseris wellsi/explanulata; morph "Freak Hair", commonly misidentified as Pavona or Lithophyllon

Yes! And I learned something. Thought it was pavona

2. Acropora

Yes!

3. first guess Anacropora; second guess Montipora

Anacropora!

4. Stylophora

Try again

5. cf Pavona varians; morph "Mr. Freeze", commonly misidentified as Leptoseris

Yes!

6. Montipora

Yes!

5/6
The one you didn’t get is very hard though it is a common SPS

 

[Reefering1]

Overthinking it. They are all fairly common. May have gotten one out of order

1. Cycloseris wellsi/explanulata; morph "Freak Hair", commonly misidentified as Pavona or Lithophyllon
2. Acropora
3. first guess Anacropora; second guess Montipora
4. Stylophora
5. cf Pavona varians; morph "Mr. Freeze", commonly misidentified as Leptoseris
6. Montipora

Game over?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

@ISpeakForTheSeas i know coral isn’t your thing but thought you may enjoy. No pressure

Corals are on my list of things to learn (the list is, admittedly, pretty long though, haha), so I don't mind the tag at all.


My guesses:

-Jason Fox Freak Hair Pavona

-A blue Acropora of some variety; possibly Acropora sarmentosa?

-Another Acro; possibly Acropora tortuosa?

-Stylophora

-Leptoseris

-Sunset Montipora

 

[BristleWormHater]

D.
Policipora?

 

[Reefering1]

Corals are on my list of things to learn

Us regular people like to see the pros outside their comfort zone, learning like us!!

 

[encrustingacro]

Try again

Dang. My second guess would be Seriatopora; those two are the only genera I know with polyps like those.

 

[Slocke]

Dang. My second guess would be Seriatopora; those two are the only genera I know with polyps like those.

Got it!
Was shocked to see the polyp tentacles(?) were multicolored!

 

[encrustingacro]

The 1st Pic is a auto feeder

It's a camera with a top-down porthole, I think.