Encrusting Coral ID

[chrisgw115]

Afternoon all,

Could someone ID this coral?

It was given to me by a family member who also didn't know the name.

Cheers

 

[tbrown]

It looks like a Montipora of some variety.

 

[PeterErc]

Montipora Aequituberculata is my guess

 

[thamnasteroid]

Montipora

Montipora Aequituberculata is my guess

aquituberculata forms plates, not branches

 

[tbrown]

Montipora

aquituberculata forms plates, not branches

Could it be Montipora Danae?

 

[PeterErc]

Montipora

aquituberculata forms plates, not branches

Looks like start of new plates to me, not branches.

 

[dedragon]

could be a colored down montipora spongodes but tough to say. Either way its a monti

 

[fishguy242]

Same coral ,all the way to the green polyps, pinkish growth rings. @Goaway ,Id ?

 

[thamnasteroid]

Could it be Montipora Danae?

danae has tuberculae, not papillae, and is solely encrusting.

Looks like start of new plates to me, not branches.

In aquituberculata, plates don't form from branchlets.

 

[C. Eymann]

I'd wager OPs maybe M. stellata or M. carinata

Just my .02

 

[tbrown]

Original thought was that it's a Reefer on a Budget Digitata but I'm not certain after zooming in.