独特的安排SeriatoporaCorallites是我们学到的有关珊瑚的第一件事之一,因此我们对独特而不寻常的鸟巢珊瑚产生了目光。新的菌株Seriatoporaare quite rare and the last real ‘innovation’ in this group of Pocilloporids is the amazing story we had the pleasure of sharing about thecaptive bred hybrid Lazy’s Blue Zing bird nest coral。
Thankfully we had our eyes on while walking the halls fo Aquashella Orlando a few weeks ago because we spotted an unusual bird nest coral in the珊瑚礁珊瑚booth that we’d never seen before. The overall green coloration almost camouflaged thisSeriatoporaas just another green S. hystrix but something about the way the polyps shimmered made us lean in for more than a few double takes.
Unlike the lime green of otherS. hystrix菌株或森林绿色的绿色S. Caliendrumstrains this bizarre bird nest strain is something of a ‘tropical’ green with brighter almost metallic polyps and very sharp tips. We can’t put our tentacle on it but something about the shape of the Reefworks Coral shimmering birdnest somewhat reminds us of the uber classic Phonape bird nest with its sharp tips, tight branching pattern and slightly bumpy branch surface.
The other strain that the Reefwork Shimmer-nest reminds us of is thevery rareSeriatopora dendriticawe spotted a few years back from just a couple of Australian example colonies. The Reefwork Shimmer-nest doesn’t actually resemble the nice pics ofDendriticawe got from Gallery Aquatica but this species is so poorly known that we just don’t have enough experience with which to compare it.
我们不禁要问,在与类似的情况下,礁石微光nest是否可能是声调和其他某些物种/菌株之间意外杂交的结果Lazy Blue Zing。无论出处如何,我们从未见过野性Seriatoporacolonies look like the unique coral we spied in Florida a few weeks back and thankfully we brought a piece back to the studio for grow out and long term observation so we’ll keep researching and see how this coral develops under a wide range of reefing conditions.