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}



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.




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=529693738 0787703217&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.