Coral ID please?

[Nelliy]

Sold to me as an acan but the texture and shape of polyps to me Seem like it might be otherwise, hard to See with a camera the fine texture. I have acan lords and echinacea And haven’t quite seen an acan like this, I am starting to doubt it’s an acan species. Any help guys?

 

[LiveWire]

Welcome to the REEF! That for sure not an Acan. It looks like a Favia sp. to me.

 

[najer]

Welcome to R2R, I also would say favia.

 

[highest_tides]

Welcome!

 

[ScubaFish802]

Welcome, favia as well

 

[nereefpat]

Well, it's definitely not an Acan Lord, which is actually Micromuss lordhowensis now, which is confusing.

I could see how someone would guess A. echinata, but the polyps on that species are a little less divided and more irregularly shaped.

I would go with one of the Favia, Favites, Goniastrea....and I can't tell those three apart, despite lots of trying.

 

[MERKEY]

Hello and welcome to R2R...looks like fav family to me ;)

 

[Nelliy]

Thank you guys! I was thinking the same a fav type. Looking at the polyp shape and texture (ribbed lines) just didn’t sit right with me when they said acan.

 

[vetteguy53081]

agree- Favia