Don Geddis wrote:
I wrote:

I could also use help with a species (or even common-name) identification
for this blue encrusting coral:
http://reef.geddis.org/a/Blue%20Encrusting%20Coral/


kim gross wrote on Sat, 01 Jul 2006:

Looks a lot like a hydnophora sp. coral, one of the common names is a horn
coral.
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/photos_...ry.php?cat=504


Hmm. That's possible. Not one of the ones that make 3D structures
(H. bonsai, H. pilosa, H. rigida, H. grandis). But possibly one of the
flat encrusting ones (H. exesa, H. microconos). My references suggest that
it should be cream, dull green, or dull brown -- and mine is blue, which is
a bit odd.

But you've made a reasonable guess, thanks.

-- Don
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It is the shape of the polyps and general shape of the coral that tells
me it is hydnophora. As to the exact species I don't know and it can be
very difficult to tell in captive corals. Blue is strange, but I have
seen them from Bright Bright green to a slight bluish green, so blue
could be possible.

Kim