Favia/Echinata/Hillae, ID Please?

uchiha · 01-24-2005, 06:17 PM

sorry for another "ID" thread... trying to figure out certain species is confusing

i bought this at my LFS thinking it looked similar to my hillae/echinata, but i wasn't 100% sure... it was labelled as a favia and the workers there told me that it was without a question, some kind of favia...but i have my doubts; only because it looks so similar to certain hillae colonies i've seen!

so what is this coral??

*notice my green echinata/hillae on the right (also a "mystery" acan) looks strikingly similar

in the "acanthastrea anyone?" thread i found that jendub & randyo had similar looking pieces... i believe they were leaning towards echinata/hillae but still classified it as "unknown"

- JenDub's pic
- RandyO's pic

any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! thank you

--Daniel

mps9506 · 01-24-2005, 09:22 PM

Whatever it is, it looks nice.
Sorry not much help...

UnderWaterParadise · 02-02-2005, 12:30 PM

Looks like A. Sub Ech. or Hillae. Looks too teethy for a Favia IMO

01-24-2005, 06:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
uchiha Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 20 View Gallery Karma Komment	Favia/Echinata/Hillae, ID Please? sorry for another "ID" thread... trying to figure out certain species is confusing i bought this at my LFS thinking it looked similar to my hillae/echinata, but i wasn't 100% sure... it was labelled as a favia and the workers there told me that it was without a question, some kind of favia...but i have my doubts; only because it looks so similar to certain hillae colonies i've seen! so what is this coral?? *notice my green echinata/hillae on the right (also a "mystery" acan) looks strikingly similar in the "acanthastrea anyone?" thread i found that jendub & randyo had similar looking pieces... i believe they were leaning towards echinata/hillae but still classified it as "unknown" - JenDub's pic - RandyO's pic any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! thank you --Daniel __________________ http://tinypic.com/1fx1k5 My Via Aqua 18g Always learning ...

01-24-2005, 09:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
mps9506 They misunderestimated me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 7,143 View Gallery Karma Komment	Whatever it is, it looks nice. Sorry not much help... __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors

02-02-2005, 12:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
UnderWaterParadise my name is Rob and I'm a Zooaholic Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Olivehurst, Cali. Posts: 419 View Gallery Karma Komment	Looks like A. Sub Ech. or Hillae. Looks too teethy for a Favia IMO __________________ AQUARIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS 135 REEF and jusreefin

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