Leptoseris kalayaanensis grows into a plate of spines and spikes
It wouldn’t be a proper week of reef aquarium blogging here on Reef Builders if we didn’t bring your attention to a new exotic species of Leptoseris, L. kalayaanensis. Described in 2009 from the Philippines and subsequently also observed growing in the South China Sea, Leptoseris kalayaanensis looks like no other species of stony coral. Except for Leptoseris Read More
Top 10 new and cool corals of 2011
2011 brought us a ton of new reef fish species and although coral species and new aquairum strains come about at a crawling pace, this year was an exceptionally good one for a broad range of corals of all types. From new species of corals that are we’ve yet to see because they’ve just been Read More
“Bubble gum” coral possibly new species from Coral Triangle
Scientists recently revealed their findings after an expedition to the Coral Triangle – “a region where currents from the Pacific and Indian Oceans bring together different species from Asia and Australia to mix within Indonesia’s Sulawesi Sea”. As many as 50 deepwater animal species caught on high-definition video appeared to be new to science, in Read More
Acropora rongelapensis, a recently described species from Marshall Islands
While skimming some literature we came across the coral name Acropora rongelapensis, which we had never heard before. A few minutes of sleuthing and the original description provided us with all the details of this new Acropora species described in 2004. We’ve always found the “deepwater” Acropora types to be quite fascinating and this species Read More