Coral ID - Which coral is this? Update: Montipora spongodes [for now…]

[Alexander1312]

I could not conclude on the type of coral based on some of the pictures I have seen. I thought it was a Bali Green slimer but they look different.

 

[psidriven]

Thick branch anacropora?

 

[PizzaOven]

Looks like a montipora spongodes to me? Could be wrong, but looks a lot like other pictures I see.

 

[Alexander1312]

Looks like a montipora spongodes to me? Could be wrong, but looks a lot like other pictures I see.

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It does indeed look very much like on this picture. Thank you!

 

[Kensington Reefer]

@boun11
I have some of that coral
It’s definitely NOT a monti

 

[Alexander1312]

@boun11
I have some of that coral
It’s definitely NOT a monti

What is it then?

P.S.: The picture @PizzaOven shared is from Biota. I was hoping they know the coral names, but these days, these things are not certain. The coral does look very close as in the picture.

 

[Patio]

I think spongodes as well

 

[jhuynh]

slimeball / spongodes but its still an anacrapora.

 

[Patio]

 

[Alexander1312]

slimeball / spongodes but its still an anacrapora.

Also WWC coral calls this a montipora.

Update: The website link name itself has it as an anacropora. Was this is recent change in the classification maybe?

Still open to different views or clarifying my misunderstanding.

WWC Slimeball Spongodes Montipora Coral

WWC Slimeball Anacropora World Wide Corals SPS Live Coral Frag

worldwidecorals.com

 

[Coral reefer]

Looks like what I have seen called montipora spongodes. The fact I’ve seen a coral that looks like that called something more than once means very little in reality tho lol

 

[enlighten]

Spongodes +1

 

[Coral reefer]

Looks like a montipora spongodes to me? Could be wrong, but looks a lot like other pictures I see.

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This looks different to me

 

[Patio]

For sure a happy coral, Alex.

I have some skeleton if you ever want to compare. I got mine in 2020 from wwc listed as spongodes.

 

[tribbitt]

It looks very similar to WWC’s “slimeball” M. spongodes

 

[Coral reefer]

This looks different to me

The skeleton seems to have more texture to it if that makes sense. Maybe I just haven’t noticed, but the spongodes im used to seems more smooth skeleton

 

[PizzaOven]

The skeleton seems to have more texture to it if that makes sense. Maybe I just haven’t noticed, but the spongodes if used to seems more smooth skeleton

Oh, you're saying the pic I linked doesn't look like montipora spongodes? This was taken from the Biota Group. I trust them and it looks similar to what I've seen before, but I guess it's possible they incorrectly classified it.

 

[newfly]

Spongodes . I have a large colony.

 

[JVU]

It definitely looks like what we in the club have always called Montipora Spongodes. Whether or not the monti part has been reclassified I couldn’t say, but I’m confident that’s what it is.

DBTC: Montipora Spongodes

I just added Montipora Spongodes to DBTC. There are 2 frag(s) available right now. This thread was automatically created by BARcode

www.bareefers.org

 

[Kensington Reefer]

I have been wrong before...
I guess it is considering my lineage