Like the unusualDarwin Micromussabefore it, some newly imported colonies of branchingFavites complanatafrom Darwin is also sporting a very unique appearance.Favites complanatais actually very common in the trade, often appearing brown with more moderately deep green corallites but the colony overall appears ball-shaped, encrusting or semi massive. The branchingF. complanatafrom Darwin is collected in shallow water where it receives more light and water flow and subsequently grows into unique branching moon coral.
Not to be confused with the other rare branching moon coralAustralogyra, the Darwin branchingFavitesis much more colorful with many of the colonies seen so far having neon green oral discs. As far as we knowRusso’s Reefis the exclusive importer of Darwinian corals so you can expect the Darwin branching moon coral to show up at LiveAquaria, Greenwich Aquaria and other progressive coral slingers.
