How to Pronounce Coral Names?

[SaltwaterNoob17]

How do you pronounce:

-Acanthastrea (and Acan)

-Euphyllia

-Plerogyra

-Fungiidae

-Sarcophyton

-Actinodiscus

-Cladiella

-Capnella

-Litophyton

-Lemnalia

-Clavularia

-Anthelia

Thanks in advance! ;)

 

[Bifferwine]

How do you pronounce:

-Acanthastrea (and Acan) Ay (like in MAYBE) can tha stray uh

-Euphyllia You fill ee yuh

-Plerogyra Play row guy ruh

-Fungiidae Fun gid day

-Sarcophyton Sar co fy (like in hi-fi) tun

-Actinodiscus act in o disk us

-Cladiella clad (rhyming with glad) ee yella

-Capnella cap nella

-Litophyton lit oh fi (like in hi-fi) tun

-Lemnalia lem nal (rhyming with mall) ee yah

-Clavularia clav yew larry uh

-Anthelia ann thel ee uh

Thanks in advance! ;)

Hope these are understandable! ;)

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Dang Biff! You're awesome!!

 

[Smitty]

Dang Biff, that was awesome!

 

[bjohanson1234]

I would have just come back with something like
"Very carefully":mrgreen:

Way to go biff!!!

 

[PRC]

They're all pronounced..."I would like that one right there":mrgreen:

 

[Dana42078]

They're all pronounced..."I would like that one right there":mrgreen:

Haha i love your humor. =)

 

[ErinCahir]

They're all pronounced..."I would like that one right there":mrgreen:

That's how I pick stuff. Unless it's something easy. Like "duncan". Not everybody pronounces them the correct way (read: Biff's way). So I just point.

 

[Melosu58]

Very nice Biff. I always use common names. The latin names are too hard.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Okay Biff (or anyone else), I've got a few more coral name pronunciation questions...

-Platygyra

-Seriatopora

-Hydnophora

-Turbinaria

Thanks ;)

 

[Bifferwine]

-Platygyra maze brain ;)

-Seriatopora bird's nest ;)

-Hydnophora high'd know four uh

-Turbinaria turb in air eeyah

Thanks ;)

Anyone know how the first two are done?

 

[jarock]

no clue i tried to figure it out but no luck :(

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

What about Faviidae?