bcjm January 7, 2009 Share January 7, 2009 These are sps specious I found so far. Acropora Distichopora Heliopora Hydnophora Merulina Montipora Pocillopora Seriatopora I have a stupid question. When you looking at an sps, how do you tell what species it belongs to? What are the characters of each species? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanCallan January 7, 2009 Share January 7, 2009 Structure and growth patterns work most times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnybv January 7, 2009 Share January 7, 2009 Sounds like you need this... http://www.amazon.com/Corals-World-Vol-Sli...r/dp/0642322368 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k January 7, 2009 Share January 7, 2009 dissection of the corallites is the only accurate way to identify an sps species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leishman January 7, 2009 Share January 7, 2009 Spend enough time looking on the boards and you will pick up the basics. There is a good SPS ID thread on RC, but that is for more of the less typical corals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 January 7, 2009 Share January 7, 2009 There's another one on the Zeovit forums I believe that has pictures of individual corals, but again, I think it's for the rarer ones. Generally speaking, though, there are a few differences that you can find right off the bat. I am definitely not an expert, but here's what I usually go by. Acropora Generally has pronounced secondary corallites and an axial corallite at the tip. Distichopora Not sure what this is... Heliopora It's an octocoral, not a true sps. Blue ridge coral is the only one that I have come across. Hydnophora Has grooved surface with ridges out of which the polyps come. Doesn't really have individual polyps but rather rows with mouths, at least that's how it appears to me. Merulina Doesn't have corallites that I have noticed, but rather a smooth surface with flesh that doesn't have any real breaks in it. Montipora Corallites are not raised and are usually recessed into the skeleton, no axial corralites. Pocillopora Typically has corallites that are recessed but the skeleton usually extends around the corallite in a rough formation. Seriatopora Recessed corallites and a generally smooth surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS January 7, 2009 Share January 7, 2009 Sounds like you need this... http://www.amazon.com/Corals-World-Vol-Sli...r/dp/0642322368 Or a bunch of time on this site: http://data.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/icefaces/ListGUI.iface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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