spanko
Active Member
Common names really bug me sometimes.
Submitted for your enjoyment the Chalice coral. Discussion going on another site about "I bought this chalice coral at the LFS but it looks just like a Mycedium. How do you tell the difference?"
Well upon some further info gathering by yours truly and input in the thread from some others so far we have come up with 3 genus in one family and one genus from another family that all have the common name chalice. Lookey here folks!
Echinophyllia (Chalice)
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pectiniidae (Family) > Echinophyllia (Genus)
Mycedium (Chalice)
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pectiniidae (Family) >Mycedium (Genus)
Oxypora (Chalice)
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pectiniidae (Family) > Oxypora (Genus)
Echinopora (Chalice)
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Faviidae (Family) > Echinopora (Genus)
So I started to google chalice coral and I do see some of the different genus listed. Most often the Echinophyllia. Keep in mind folks, within these genus there can also be numerous species.
So we start to wonder, when someone says "how do you care for a chalice coral" and someone pops right in with the answer, could the answer perhaps be wrong? I mean with all of the different species that is one thing but when you start to get into different genus, then even different families of coral that all have been called chalice, well it makes my brain hurt.
Submitted for your enjoyment the Chalice coral. Discussion going on another site about "I bought this chalice coral at the LFS but it looks just like a Mycedium. How do you tell the difference?"
Well upon some further info gathering by yours truly and input in the thread from some others so far we have come up with 3 genus in one family and one genus from another family that all have the common name chalice. Lookey here folks!
Echinophyllia (Chalice)
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pectiniidae (Family) > Echinophyllia (Genus)
Mycedium (Chalice)
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pectiniidae (Family) >Mycedium (Genus)
Oxypora (Chalice)
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pectiniidae (Family) > Oxypora (Genus)
Echinopora (Chalice)
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Faviidae (Family) > Echinopora (Genus)
So I started to google chalice coral and I do see some of the different genus listed. Most often the Echinophyllia. Keep in mind folks, within these genus there can also be numerous species.
So we start to wonder, when someone says "how do you care for a chalice coral" and someone pops right in with the answer, could the answer perhaps be wrong? I mean with all of the different species that is one thing but when you start to get into different genus, then even different families of coral that all have been called chalice, well it makes my brain hurt.
