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Hello, just got my first frags from LFS and was wondering if someone could give me the names of both of them? Thanks

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Favites pentagona and Astraeosmilia curvata
Trumpet coral and micromussa?
not Micromussa, coenosarc doesn't form a lip over the theca
Acanthastrea echinata and Caulastrea (Candy Cane/Trumpet)
not echinata, no concentric wrinkles on the coenosarc; not Caulastraea either, the green and teal varieties were reclassified to Astraeosmilia in ~2021
 

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Favites pentagona and Astraeosmilia curvata

not Micromussa, coenosarc doesn't form a lip over the theca

not echinata, no concentric wrinkles on the coenosarc; not Caulastraea either, the green and teal varieties were reclassified to Astraeosmilia in ~2021
did not know about the reclassification to Astraeosmilia! Thank you always for these classifications
 

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Man....i was gonna say favites, I cant keep up with these changes. Ok question??? What is the new classification of Lobophyllia? I am tired of saying "lobo" 😜
Lobos still exist although some are Acan Pachysepta
 

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