Not-so-mad-March Madness - 15 days of Q&A - Contest Answer Thread!!

[krisfal]

acanthastrea maxima

 

[eww]

Scolymia vitiensis

 

[estanoche]

Ohhhhhh this one proved to be a little harder, the answer is: Acanthastrea

New leaderboard will be posted shortly

 

[estanoche]

Leaderboard

jrgilles 8
krisfal 8
returnofsid 8
SaltwaterNoobs 3
mercenary-grunt 3
eww 3

 

[eww]

Gorgonacea, aka Gorgonians, the genus that sea whips and sea fans belong

 

[SaltwaterNoobs]

Gorgonacea order

 

[kevnkev]

Gorgonacea

 

[jrgilles]

the order Gorgonacea

 

[returnofsid]

Actually, they belong to Alcyonacea, formally belonging to Gorgonaceae

 

[estanoche]

Aha!! Well - I'm late in posting the answer, but officially the answer is: Order Gorgonacea, Subclass Alcyonaria (Octocorallia), Class Anthozoa

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[estanoche]

Leaderboard

jrgilles 13
returnofsid 13
krisfal 8
SaltwaterNoobs 8
eww 8
kevnkev 5
mercenary-grunt 3

 

[estanoche]

A point of clarification on question # 3 - we wrote the question from information found in Julian Sprungs Corals: A quick reference guide, pp. 10, published in 1999 - since then, as returnofsid pointed out, according to these sources Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Sea fans, gorgonians, and What Are Gorgonians, Types of Gorgonians Including Sea Fans and Sea Whips with Gorgonian Photos, they have been re-classified as Alcyonacea, which includes Soft corals like Sarcophyton, Dendronephithya, and Xenia.

Points were awarded for both answers in an effort of fairness!!

 

[krisfal]

Question #4

Genicanthus melanospilos - Japanese Swallowtail, Blackspot, Blackspot Lyretail, Spotbreast, and Zebra Angelfish
Genicanthus bellus – Lyretail angelfish, ornate angelfish
Genicanthus Lamarck – Lamarck Angelfish, Blackstriped Angelfish, freckletail angelfish
Genicanthus caudovittatus -Zebra Angelfish
Genicanthus personatus - Masked angelfish
Genicanthus semicinctus - Halfbanded angelfish
Genicanthus semifasciatus - Japanese swallow
Genicanthus spinus -Pitcairn angelfish
Genicanthus takeuchii – Spotted angelfish
Genicanthus watanabei - Blackedged angelfish

 

[SaltwaterNoobs]

Ornate angelfish, Genicanthus bellus
Zebra angelfish, Genicanthus caudovittatus
Blackstriped angelfish, Lamarck's angelfish, Genicanthus lamarcki
Spotbreast angelfish, Genicanthus melanospilos
Masked angelfish, Genicanthus personatus
Halfbanded angelfish, Genicanthus semicinctus
Japanese swallow, Genicanthus semifasciatus
Pitcairn angelfish, Genicanthus spinus
Genicanthus takeuchii
Blackedged angelfish, Genicanthus watanabei

 

[eww]

Genicanthus:

bellus, Ornate Angelfish
caudovittatus, Zebra Angelfish
lamarck, Lamarck's Angelfish, Blackstriped Angelfish
melanospilos, Black-Spot Angelfish, Spotbreast Angelfish, Swallowtail Angelfish
personatus, Masked Angelfish
semicinctus, Half-Banded Angelfish
semifasciatus, Japanese Swallow Tail Angelfish
takeuchi, Spotted Angelfish
watanabei, Watanabe's Angelfish

 

[jrgilles]

Genicanthus melanospilos
genicanthus lamarck
Genicanthus bellus
Genicanthus caudovittatus
Genicanthus watanabei
Genicanthus personatus
Genicanthus takeuchii
Genicanthus Semifastciatus
Genicanthus Semicinctus
Genicanthus Spinus

Hybrid Genicanthus melanospilos X G. lamarck
Hybrid Genicanthus takeuchii X G. semifasticiatus
Hybrid Genicanthus Semifastciatus X G. melanospilos

Sources:
Swallowing One Victim at a Time: The Genus Genicanthus by Henry C. Schultz III - ReefKeeping.com
Genicanthus
Genicanthus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ingentaconnect A Revision of the Indo-Pacific Angelfish Genus Genicanthus, with ...

Melanospilos Lamarck Hybrid1:

Hybrid Genicanthus melanospilos x G. lamarcki angelfish appears at Blue Harbor

Melanospilos Lamarck Hybrid 2: Twitter

Takeuchii hybrid: Genicanthus takeuchi hybrid from Ogasawara could have a little semifasciatus angelfish in it
Takeuchii hybrid 2: The takeuchii x semifasciatus angelfish hybrid is half grown up, caught on video even
Takeuchii hybrid 3: A possible hybrid of Genicanthus takeuchii and G....

Semi-melanospilos Hybrid: Genicanthus "semi" semifasciatus... my new hybrid Geni - Reef Central Online Community

 

[kevnkev]

Genicanthus species:

bellus
caudovittatus
lamarck
melanospilos
personatus
semicinctus
semifasciatus
spinus
takeuchii
watanabei

 

[returnofsid]

Starting with my all time favorite Angelfish
G. watanabei
G. melanospilos
G. lamarck
G. bellus
G. caudovittatus
G. personatus
G. takeuchii
G. semifastciatus
G. semicinctus
G. spinus

 

[jrgilles]

Not sure if hybrids count of not...

Hybrid speciation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[estanoche]

Aha!! Creative idea Rob Didn't think consider hybrids!

Our official answers are: Bellus, Caudovittatus, Lamark/Lamarki, Melanospilos, Personatus, Semicinctus, Semifasciatus, Spinus, Takeuchii, Watanabei

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