即使不同的patterns,colors,shapes,也或許是相同的species。外表非常類似,卻可能是完全不同的
species。
引述幾段話,FYR...
Aquarists attempting to identify a "mystery coral" must face the fact it might be nothing
more than a morphological variant of a known species.
The presence of ecotypes and ecomorphs are common in stony corals. Ecotypes are
variants of species that differ in appearance due to some degree of genetic variation
and varing degrees of environmental modification. Ecomorphs are corals that are
geneticlly similar, yet have strongly divergent appearances based on environmental
influences.
--AQUARIUM CORALS Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History by Eric H. Borneman