Coral ID - Stylo?

[Kizreef]

Can you ID this coral? I looked at it for about 2 months before purchasing at my local store. They said it was a Stylo. It isn't bran

ched, but the polyps have a "Stylo" look. (The one one the middle - not the Monti or rock flower

 

[sixty_reefer]

That’s not a stylo, closer pic and white light could help on the id

 

[KJ]

Look like Sarcophyton sp. Leather coral.

 

[Kizreef]

Better pic (I hope).

 

[KJ]

Better pic (I hope).

Google Leather coral.

 

[Kizreef]

It does look like a leather coral. It has polyps like my toadstool, but also long skinny tentacles. I haven't found any pics of leathers corals like this. Is there a name for an encrusting type of species I can search? It has grown over the sides of my plug and has no stalk.

 

[sixty_reefer]

Some sort of encrusting coral still can’t see the coral properly, I think the frag plug may be getting people to think leather lol

 

[JCOLE]

Hard to see but looks like a Stylocoeniella. This is what mine looks like.

CORAL SPOTLIGHT: Stylocoeniella

I figured id do a Spotlight on this unappreciated LPS/SPS coral. Ok I know some will be like HEY THATS A SPS!, Well maybe but after a lot of research on this coral a lot of reputable sources still associate this coral with LPS category. Some of you probably have never seen this coral because it...

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[Kizreef]

Yes! That does look like mine. OK. That helps a lot. Thank you.