Help Identify this encrusting Coral?

[Rob Rowe]

Has been growing well in my Tank for 2 years now. I was thinking it may be some strand of Leptastrea? It looks like a matted coral simulator to green star Polip as it spreads on this rock. Also has characteristics of Montipora? I originally found it on the under side of my rock. Started out as 3 polips so it’s growing fairly quick.

 

[Rob Rowe]

Has been growing well in my Tank for 2 years now. I was thinking it may be some strand of Leptastrea? It looks like a matted coral simulator to green star Polip as it spreads on this rock. Also has characteristics of Montipora? I originally found it on the under side of my rock. Started out as 3 polips so it’s growing fairly quick.

Another photo. The first one wasn’t that great.
Thanks for the help!

 

[Krzydmnd]

Has been growing well in my Tank for 2 years now. I was thinking it may be some strand of Leptastrea? It looks like a matted coral simulator to green star Polip as it spreads on this rock. Also has characteristics of Montipora? I originally found it on the under side of my rock. Started out as 3 polips so it’s growing fairly quick.

Looks very much like a Leptastrea that I have that was sold to me as Lucky Charms. You can see my small frag in the middle.

 

[XNavyDiver]

I think you're right, Leptastrea.

 

[DSC reef]

+1 on leptastrea, beautiful coral!

 

[Krzydmnd]

It's bright green between the mouths

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

To me, it looks like an acanthus or blastomussa.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

The mouths and polyps are pretty huge. N0?

 

[ReefJake123]

Yea they are pretty big

 

[Rob Rowe]

Looks very much like a Leptastrea that I have that was sold to me as Lucky Charms. You can see my small frag in the middle.

Wow.....sure enough does! Thank you very much for the help guys. I have been looking online for sometime now haven’t quite seen it. The frag you have their is it.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

My blasto merletti.

Are the polls soft?

Keep in mind I could be totally wrong and it's an honest learning question for me too.

 

[Rob Rowe]

It's bright green between the mouths

Yes very bright.

 

[Rob Rowe]

The mouths and polyps are pretty huge. N0?

I don’t think their blasto’s here’s my blasto’s right below the previous pic.

 

[scchase]

Leptastrea 100%

 

[DSC reef]

The blasto merletti normally will have a puffier outer ring with wellsi being the fattest. Leptastrea has more of a carpet goniopora look to it. It can at times be hard to tell the difference. I do believe the OP has leptastrea. If you put the 2 corals side by side the blasto merletti polyps would be larger.

 

[DSC reef]

I don’t think their blasto’s here’s my blasto’s right below the previous pic.

That's blastomussa wellsi, the merletti will have a more smaller concentrated cluster of polyps.

 

[Rob Rowe]

My blasto merletti.

Are the polls soft?

Keep in mind I could be totally wrong and it's an honest learning question for me too.

Yes, those look like blasto’s as well. I have some this color in my tank.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

That's blastomussa wellsi, the merletti will have a more smaller concentrated cluster of polyps.

Agreed.

My confusion on the is one is the polyps are very exaggerated compared to say an easy one like a JF jack O lantern
I do have one I tried t her the pic of , that shares a similar pattern but very low growing

 

[XNavyDiver]

my JF Lepto in green. My tank hasn't killed it yet. Yeay!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

my JF Lepto in green. My tank hasn't killed it yet. Yeay!

I like learning new stuff.
Honesty I've seen very few lepto with that kind of pe