coral id

My bets:
1. Cyphastrea sp. (maybe japonica, serailia, or micropthalma)
2. Cladocora caespitosa
3. Solenastrea sp.

Any idea where it came from (part of the world)?

What are the tentacles like?

I'm pretty sure it's Robust Ivory Tree Coral (Oculina Robusta)

Edited by BubbleGuppy - August 28 2012 at 12:30pm

It does seem to be that but.in 2009 that type of coral was added to the endangered species list so how could a store sell it to someone?or even harvest it

willrileyiv wrote: came from florida....and what do you mean about the tentacles?

Ah, well, that changes my guess...wasn't specifically looking at Florida corals since they usually don't come in. In that case, then either Oculina or Solenastrea since both are found in Florida.

Some species of coral like this extend their tentacles most of the day...others during most of the night. It'll help with ID.

But, BubbleGuppy and Ann - why specifically Oculina robusta? I don't think we can make the call on a species level without knowing more about the corallite structure. Oculina varicosa has a wider distribution (and smaller corallites) while robusta is extremely limited (but with larger corallites.) Then there's Solenastrea - why not that as a possibility?

So, willrileyiv - what size are the corallites?

Edited by ReefdUp - August 29 2012 at 8:23pm

heres a closeup of the coral

I really don't.want to til it grows out a bit. I would love to do a frag or two to keep the species going but it will be awhile

Nope. From what I've seen and read its not pavona. All the info I've found and ppics match the robust ivory tree coral.

willrileyiv wrote: I really don't.want to til it grows out a bit. I would love to do a frag or two to keep the species going but it will be awhile

 I have a good size colony of that I would be willing to frag out.