Jamdiver
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Fastmarc:An eel shot I got this weekend.
Great shot Marc and nice lighting too...
Reminds me of some eel shots that I took on windward edge..
It's a nice reef....
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Great shot Marc and nice lighting too...
Reminds me of some eel shots that I took on windward edge..
It's a nice reef....
Motion
Love the Eel, Marc. Rick, pretty pictures indeed. Those are awesome.
midwestdvr
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excellent stuff, jam.Jamdiver:Great shot Marc and nice lighting too...
Reminds me of some eel shots that I took on windward edge..
It's a nice reef....
Motion
Thanks Jam, Larry.
Really like that bird shot.
Really like that bird shot.
I like this coral. I have no idea what it is though.
Jamdiver
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Great shot Mac, I have no idea what that is either.
But it looks like the polyps are feeding to me.
Shot at night, right?
But it looks like the polyps are feeding to me.
Shot at night, right?
That's the thing. This was mid-day. It would be very unusual for it to be feeding then.Jamdiver:
Plus, it just didn't quite look like it was in feeding mode to me.
It has me curious... I don't think I will be able to ID it... gonna send it to a expert friend of mine in Houston.
I think it's Montastraea cavernosa, the "Great Star Coral." I'll be interested in what a real coral guy saysFastmarc:
Rick
ding, ding, ding.... we have a winner. You are correct, Rick. Good job.
To quote from him, "Montastraea cavernosa, the orange-red morph that has cyanobacterial symbionts in addition to normal zooxanthellae."
To be honest, I thought it was Montastraea as well, but those bright colours had me second guessing.
"Characters: Colonies are massive, forming boulders or domes, or are flat plates. Corallites are variable, but are usually conical and exsert. Long and short septa strongly alternate, with alternate septa joined to the columella. Colour. Commonly green, brown, grey, or orange. Similar species: None. Habitat: All reef environments, especially lower slopes. Abundance: Common. "
To quote from him, "Montastraea cavernosa, the orange-red morph that has cyanobacterial symbionts in addition to normal zooxanthellae."
To be honest, I thought it was Montastraea as well, but those bright colours had me second guessing.
"Characters: Colonies are massive, forming boulders or domes, or are flat plates. Corallites are variable, but are usually conical and exsert. Long and short septa strongly alternate, with alternate septa joined to the columella. Colour. Commonly green, brown, grey, or orange. Similar species: None. Habitat: All reef environments, especially lower slopes. Abundance: Common. "
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