Vote now..."Tubastrea, Dendrophylia,or Duncan?"

[Mr Cob]

MAASTARDS, please vote on this poll what you think this coral is....

Tubastrea (Sun Coral), Dendrophylia (Dendro) or Duncan?
{Captain Jack's mother colony and pic}
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cLqr7lRuK6k/SYZinkOI4zI/AAAAAAAAAJw/myI4sXOFH6k/s400/IMG_0337.JPG
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cLqr7lRuK6k/SYZiGWYhSKI/AAAAAAAAAJI/lksUNlTZhYA/s400/IMG_0341.JPG

I got a frag of this coral from Captain Jack in a frag trade. I have been having trouble getting a solid ID on it. Thanks for your help.

More talk about the same subject for this particular coral:
http://www.maast.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48756


Please vote in the poll.

[FossilReef]

It's a Tubastrea sp., which one exactly, I can't remember, but I've kept it before and the service company I used to work for routinely dealt with every Tubastrea species but T. micrantha. When I get a chance I'll go through my files again and tell you the exact species.

[DrMark]

for sure it is not a dendro.
polyps, still, to me look like duncan, but the babies on duncans come off much higher just below the mother polyp. So maybe Tubastrea after all. Also, sounds like it has been around a while and fragged before which makes it more likely to be a Tubastrea also as duncans and dendros are, relatively, new to the hobby.
So, after all consideration and thought, I am going to go with a Tubastrea afterall.
mark

[Kristy]

I voted sun coral and this coral was in my tank for several months before Capt. Jack.

Sorry, if that's not what you were hoping to hear...

[Captain Jack]

Here are a couple pictures of it "fat and happy". The polyps are extended quite a lot past the hard tube part. The second pic was after "lights out" so more extension on the crowns.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_cLqr7lRuK6k/SY0W922V7LI/AAAAAAAAAKU/w7xWOxZq5Wo/s288/IMG_0354.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_cLqr7lRuK6k/SY0W-gLncXI/AAAAAAAAAKc/Md_sVphA0Bg/s288/IMG_0360.JPG

In case the images don't work, or you want to see larger:
<http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=jack.mcewan&target=ALBUM&id=5296937380787703217&authkey=d2frtScVJ04&feat=email>

[Mr Cob]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I think it's more of a matter of "knowing" versus "wanting" it to be something it's not. I really hate when I can't ID something.

The majority vote by a long shot is "Tubastrea".

Nice shots Jack. I have to say the color and some of the characteristics of this sun coral are like no other that I've seen, it's at least a Hybrid in that sense.