What is this coral?

[TARHEEL78]

Just wondering if anyone can correctly identify what type of coral this is? Pics under blues and whites included.

 

[encrustingacro]

Merulinidae sp, either Platygyra or Paragoniastrea australensis

 

[TARHEEL78]

Merulinidae sp, either Platygyra or Paragoniastrea australensis

Nope

 

[Seansea]

Acan?

 

[Pridedcloth3]

I have one just l like it sold as a acan

 

[Seansea]

Did i win it? Ill send you my adress to ship it

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Hello

 

[encrustingacro]

Nope

?

 

[FlowGod]

Looks like a favia to me

 

[reeferguy3303]

Nope

Seems like you know what it is

 

[encrustingacro]

Nope

Vendor IDs for LPS corals are most of the time wrong, so I wouldn’t go by those IDs.

 

[Lavey29]

Looks like favia to me also

 

[SasquatchReefer]

Definitely looks like a platygyra, but I’m curious as to what you think it is.

 

[TARHEEL78]

Vendor IDs for LPS corals are most of the time wrong, so I wouldn’t go by those IDs.

I bought it from someone local to me that I trust knows what he has.

 

[Cell]

Ah, so this is a test, not an inquiry?

 

[Cell]

I'd typically go with encrustingacro's ID's but I have no idea myself. I really like the shape/contour of whatever it is. The walls seem way more robust and almost uniform than a dipsastrea (formerly known as favia) but the mouth area seems wider and rounder to me than a typical platygyra.

 

[encrustingacro]

I bought it from someone local to me that I trust knows what he has.

Hobbyists, as well as most other people in the hobby, misidentify corals wrong all the time.

 

[Goaway]

I'm going to leave this here. Most of us hobbyist don't know jack on ID. Very few do know the correct taxidermy.
Than says it best in 5 minutes.

 

[SasquatchReefer]

Sooooo what is it?

 

[i cant think]

Just wondering if anyone can correctly identify what type of coral this is? Pics under blues and whites included.

So… what did you buy it as?

As said above, there’s many corals out there, we really don’t know anything when it comes to IDs other than being able to remove the corals unavailable to the hobby.