[Coral-List] A more serious topic??

[John Ware]

Dear List,

I have a serious matter to bring before the group!

For years I have been quite happy calling our Caribbean coral Acropora 
cervicornis, Staghorn coral.  I have also been quite content to call 
Acropora palmata, Elkhorn coral.

Now I live in Arizona and have seen a male elk with antlers in my 
backyard.  Those antlers are NOT what A. palmata looks like.

I also have a neighbor who has a moose head on the wall.

Then I was struck by a personal epiphany: A. palmata should be called 
MOOSE HORN coral!!

We need to address this serious misconception!

Is anybody out there with me??

John

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