Coral ID help

[tzabor10]

Picked up this healthy fleshy coral at the LFS who got it in on trade. Any idea what it is?

 

[Stealthreefer]

is it on a skeleton or a rock?
If a skeleton my first instinct was a galaxea if it's on a rock seems zoa or pally ish.

 

[randomfishdude]

is it on a skeleton or a rock?
If a skeleton my first instinct was a galaxea if it's on a rock seems zoa or pally ish.

It's not gal. I have some of this and some gal. I don't remember what the name is though.

 

[Stealthreefer]

The galaxea 20 years ago looked like that.
http://www.seascapestudio.net/reference/cnidarian.php?id=112

 

[tzabor10]

It's not gal. I have some of this and some gal. I don't remember what the name is though.

is it on a skeleton or a rock?
If a skeleton my first instinct was a galaxea if it's on a rock seems zoa or pally ish.

It is a skeleton with the polyps at the surface. Very fleshy. When it fully retracted during the dip, it was a chalky white. Looked like it was covered in spider webs.

 

[Tcook]

Maybe alveopora?

 

[randomfishdude]

It is a skeleton with the polyps at the surface. Very fleshy. When it fully retracted during the dip, it was a chalky white. Looked like it was covered in spider webs.

Do they look like mini zoas in like a sheet covering the rock. With no gaps.

 

[tzabor10]

Do they look like mini zoas in like a sheet covering the rock. With no gaps.

No, not Zoas. I have had zoas for 7 years and they are different. Easy to see when then the polyps are retracted

 

[tzabor10]

Galaxies looks like the one. Thanks reefers!

 

[zheka757]

Wow, definitely look like zoa polys! If it's not zoas I don't know what it is

 

[Derrick0580]

Lephastrea or however you spell it

 

[randomfishdude]

Lephastrea or however you spell it

That's exactly what I was thinking. J didn't know the name but I have some.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Galaxies looks like the one. Thanks reefers!

Definitely not Galaxea; Galaxea have larger plocoid/subphaceloid corallites with more exert septa. Your coral is Leptastrea cf purpurea.