Coral Identification

Great ID!

Wow! I'm glad to be here at 3reef with enthusiastic and friendly guys. I agree with amcarrig that it's Montipora hirsuta. I enlarged the picture (attached) and indeed the corallites are fine and the tips are flattened in some instances with a white tip. At least I'm sure now it's not an Acropora at all. I appreciate though the efforts of ziggy, Jason, and everyone.

Well, what I had been envisioning was a large aquarium to house all those diverse and beautiful corals I see in the field. [All coral acquarium enthusiasts will be consultants by then!]. They're in grave danger of extinction because of the Tragedy of the Commons! I hope I have the money to do that, but I'm just a poor, salaried guy working to make ends meet. Thanks omard for your interest and it would be great to tour you around while the reefs are here.

Again, thanks for helping me. Boy, I'm so glad.

 

And gals ;D

Glad that we can be of assistance. Keep the pictures coming as we just love challenges

 

Hi, sorry, of course, gals. It's really difficult to identify gender just by their user names. I'll send some more interesting pictures I'd gather where potentially we can find some real challenge. Thanks...

 

I got your back girl! LOL

patz07, we all have the same vision

 

Fresh Pics

Hello again, everyone, gals and guys.

Actually it's my first time to post like this and I don't know how long threads should be. But anyway, since these corals intrigue me a lot, I upload two pics for ID. Out of 500 pictures I took in different places in the field, these corals (?) appeared only once in a quadrat. Well, these corals must really be rare species. What do you think?:

 

That second pic, I assume you want to i.d. the coral on the top right of the picture?

 

both would be nice. they are nice looking but it the one on the right bleaching or is that it's color?

 

Googled "Palawan" --- Looks GORGEOUS!

Visited PI a number of times in my military days. Being young and dumb, spent most of time in bars. --- But as somebody else once said, "I SHALL RETURN!"

Have worn out welcome in Bali.

Palawan











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BRIEF DESCRIPTION
The island province of Palawan has been declared as a nature sanctuary of the world, and for good reason. It is wrapped in a mantel of rainforests, outstanding dive sites, majestic mountains, primeval caves, and pristine beaches. It is surrounded by a coral shelf that abounds with varied and colorful marine life. It boasts of exotic flora and fauna, like the mousedeer and the scaly anteater, that are found nowhere else.

Palawan waters are among the best in the world, not only for diving but also for fishing. A diver's paradise, it has miles of sub-surface coral and rainbow reef walls which surround the coasts and coves teeming with rich marine life.

I am coming.

 

First pic seems to be of some type of Pachyseris coral (scroll down about halfway down this page)

POPPEIMAGES™

 

I'm actually thinking that the "thing" on the left in that picture is a cushion starfish.