Okay so Alan bought something he wasn't sure what it was...

What is that and where did it come from?

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Post by Amyjoe »

I don't know Daniel those two don't look anything alike? and I know that Jeff's is a Galaxia
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Post by Jahdiel »

Found this the other night.
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Post by Scott »

Here is a picture of a torch (euphyllia glabresens):
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Post by KrazyPlace »

I vote that it's a torch... not a galaxea. :?
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Post by danielmiller82 »

the guy at WW has said that it is galaxea...a very new frag..but galaxea none the less...

look at these links....
http://www.reefs.org/library/farmertodd/frag/lps/2.htm

http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/cora ... galaxy.htm

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/oculinidae.htm

You can do a search under Galaxea or Galaxy Coral or Crystal Coral
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Post by harbingerofthefish »

I think the difference is that galaxies generally have a more plating skelatal structure with shorter skeletal stems. The thing I have seems to have more of a skeleton ala a blastomussa.

When closed a galaxy's skeleton generally apears more smooth compared to other LPS. By smooth I mean the bulk of it is one solid mass as oppossed to a group of branches.

i emailed the people from your first link to see where they got there I dentification and if they had sweeper or co=losed skeltal pics.
no reply so far.
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Post by SaltnLime »

got to toss my vote in for torch also. I have a few torches and the look like your first post.
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Post by Xster »

it might be a galaxea horrescens (sp)?

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/ht ... ages/5.htm
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