One from ages ago... a lump of GBR life

I've never had an identification of this mass of life. Shot on the northern Great Barrier Reef with an MX-10 using accessory macro lens + framer, so the mass is probably 5-6 cm (2 inches) across.

This is from my very very early days of shooting underwater, and kinda embarasses me to look at it now :oops:, but I still have a small hankering to work out what it was.

It's bubble coral, Pleurogyra sinuosa, isn't it? Looks kinda naked without a bubble shrimp or an orangatan crab sitting on it.....

Leslie

I think you may be right Leslie. Sheesh, four years of wondering what it was, 13 minutes on Wetpixel, <Nextel chirp>DONE<Nextel chirp>.

Thanks Leslie.

BTW: Googlewhacking reveals that most people seem to spell the genus Plerogyra... I'm happy to be told otherwise, authoritatively

:oops: .... spelling has never been one of my strong points!

Hi Craig,

Here's a larger Plerogyra or bubble coral:

I took this shot in Fiji during the Backscatter digital shootout. Bubble coral is a very popular specimen among reef aquarium enthusiasts. Unfortunately, it's very hard to propagate in captivity.

Cheers

James