Are devil's hand and crown leather the same?

[SuthernReefer]

Are crown leathers and devils hand the same? Ive been researching and I think a lot of times they are confused with each other or they are the same coral..

I thought a crown was more like a toadstool and had a folding plate, whereas the devils hand has fingers.

Are they different or same coral with different names?

Thanks

 

[Rtaylor]

Both names you referenced are ‘common’ names versus scientific names. Thus there will be a wide variety of usage. I would typically think of a devils hand coral as a lobophytum species and a crown leather as a Sarcophyton species. But again, there will most certainly be disagreements when using common names.