Help to ID a coral

[Reef-_-Noob]

Hey Reefers.

Picked up this coral today but not sure what it is. It looks like a type of encrusting coral. Under blue lights it is really orange. Any help is appreciated thank you

 

[KrisReef]

Is it a favia? A pachyceris? A pavona?

From what I can see it’s an encrusting coral that will form massive boulders over time but that’s all I got for you from your photos. Gl
Kris

 

[BranchingHammer]

Looks like psammacora to me...

 

[Reef-_-Noob]

Thank you after some rearch it looks like a psammacora can't find the strain tho.

 

[encrustingacro]

Is it a favia? A pachyceris? A pavona?

From what I can see it’s an encrusting coral that will form massive boulders over time but that’s all I got for you from your photos. Gl
Kris

It's most definitely not a favia as favia is an Atlantic only species.

 

[KrisReef]

It's most definitely not a favia as favia is an Atlantic only species.

Thanks

Favia (Indo-Pacific) (Label) | CoralNet

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Indo-Pacific only
Indo-Pacific species from this genus have been moved to the Dipsastraea genus, in the Indo-Pacific Merulinidae family

 

[Reef-_-Noob]

The picture quality is not good so it's hard to differentiate, I looked into Favia and then maybe favites?? because it was similar but then the psammy looked to be it . I have a branching psammy , crazy how the same genus can differ so much

 

[Reef-_-Noob]

The picture quality is not good so it's hard to differentiate, I looked into Favia and then maybe favites?? because it was similar but then the psammy looked to be it . I have a branching psammy , crazy how the same genus can differ so much

also the coral is not velvety which makes me think it may not be psammy

 

[BranchingHammer]

Could also be leptoseris, but a picture under whites will help most likely.