What type of coral is this??

[lanwu]

Hi ...hope i'm posting this in the right place....
I was wondering if anyone here could tell me the name of this coral in the photo?

Thanks in advance....

ahhhh.....but how do i make an attachment to a file on computer??

will this work?? http://www.aguapictures.com/images/...Spiral Divers x2 BlueSea.AguaPictures.com.jpg

 

[lascuba]

it looks like a basket star.

 

[lanwu]

Basket Star Coral or Basket Starfish? ....definitely, i'ts not a starfish...doesn't move at all....

 

[wreckchick]

It would probably help if you told people where the picture was taken!

Rachel

 

[lanwu]

ah....thanks biscuit....

The photo was taken in Asia. Philippines, Palawan on the north eastern coast. The diameter of the coral plate was in this case almost 2 meters wide.

 

[marku]

Looks like some kind of Acropora, don't know the species though. I think I might have seen the same species in Northeastern Cebu. Where in Palawan did you dive?

 

[lanwu]

2 hours north of Puerto Princesa on the east coast. The island is Coco Loco & it's just off Roxas.....

 

[gangrel441]

Basket Star Coral or Basket Starfish? ....definitely, i'ts not a starfish...doesn't move at all....

I've never heard of basket star coral, but a basket star could easily be mistaken for a coral by the untrained eye. I agree, though...this only vaguely resembles a basket star. I've never seen anything quite like that...

 

[Mafiaman]

It looks to be a large colony of Seriatopora that has broken off and flipped over, the dark center appears to be where it was originally mounted to the reef.

 

[lanwu]

Hi MafiaMan,

It was definitely alive (but not kicking)...& it is the right side up...but very few of them....

& this specimen was probably about 2-3 meters in diameter!