神圣的哇,妈妈的is Reef and Holy would you take a look at thisAustralomussa rowleyensis, the Mother of all Mussas. We’ve long been a fan of Australomussa, especially since they began beingcollected from Timor Indonesia. Thetwo-face ‘Mussawas nice too but this colony currently in the care of World Wide Corals is on another level.
Rarely in our reefing career has a coral like this jarred us to our coral-crazed core.
As we zoomed in for more careful scrutiny of this fine specimen our first look at this coral was about two minutes of confusion; the heck is that? is it a Hillae with ridik color? Is that a bleeding apple Scolymia in the center? Is this some sort of mega-mouth chalice like a cross between a Pectinia and an Echino? And then we saw it.
At the very edge of the coral you can make out in the patch of green the unique figure-eight shaped corallites that Australomussas can develop. The darker rings of color around the corallites was another clincher. Then when zooming out and applying our mental image filter to what we expect from an Australomussa it was clear that this coral is indeed the Mother of all Mussas.
This beautiful pinnacle of a ‘Mussa is gracing the display tank ofWorld Wide Coralsand our understanding is that a part of this coralwillbe put into propagation. Big thanks to World Wide for providing a high resolution look for us to dissect and share with you today. As of this moment,Australomussa系已经加紧比赛,成为br吗illiant a coral as any other in the sea.
