Coral ID?

[criccio]

Looking for an ID on the coral in the pics. Montipora???

 

[Tatted Reefer]

Kinda looks like maybe Pavona, although I couldn't tell you exactly which type

 

[dwest]

Merulina?

 

[Maho.B]

Kinda looks like fire coral

 

[criccio]

More pics.

 

[thamnasteroid]

some species of Isopora

I'd have to check my references for which species tho

 

[thamnasteroid]

Also, where were these photos taken? Biogeography is an important factor when IDing corals

 

[MoshJosh]

Millepora complanata or Millepora platyphylla? Maybe?

 

[thamnasteroid]

Millepora complanata or Millepora platyphylla? Maybe?

Kinda looks like fire coral

not Millepora, Millepora has a smooth coenosteum, while this coral has a bumpy coenosteum from exert corallites. Also, M. complanata is a Caribbean endemic, while these photos were taken somewhere in the Indo-Pacific, as evidenced by the surrounding Pocillopora, Xeniids, and Tridacna clam.

Kinda looks like maybe Pavona, although I couldn't tell you exactly which type

not Pavona, corallite structure is not thamnasteroid.

Merulina?

not Merulina, Merulina has meandroid valleys arranged perpendicular to the periphery of the colony, while this coral has plocoid corallites. Also, Merulina is plating with nodular branches, while this coral is columnar in growth form.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Consulted with a taxonomist; it's Isopora cf cuneata

 

[criccio]

These pics are from Ned’s beach lagoon Lord Howe Australia. The worlds southern most reef.

I’m attempting to replicate that outcropping for my pair of Mccullochi clownfish.

I greatly appreciate the help. I know clownfish, not so much corals.

 

[thamnasteroid]

These pics are from Ned’s beach lagoon Lord Howe Australia. The worlds southern most reef.

I’m attempting to replicate that outcropping for my pair of Mccullochi clownfish.

I greatly appreciate the help. I know clownfish, not so much corals.

Oh, in that case it's likely elizabethensis

edit: nevermind I take it back