Favia ID

[Ben Weaver]

Anybody know the name of this favia?

 

[Ben Weaver]

Anybody?

 

[Highgrade]

Looks more like Micromussa. Hard to tell. Looks somewhat similar to some of the WWC Favites or Micromussa. Check out their page below.

https://worldwidecorals.com/wysiwyg/wysiwyg-lps-frags.html

 

[Ben Weaver]

I think micromussa has more clearly defined heads or polyps. But I could be wrong on that!
It very easily could be favites, but im not sure! I get very confused on some of these lps IDs!

 

[DSC reef]

Looks similar to a WWC favites. (Not my pic)

 

[Ben Weaver]

Wow that does look really similar! Does anyone know how to tell the difference between favia and favites?

 

[Highgrade]

Looks similar to a WWC favites. (Not my pic)

I was thinking the same thing. Thus why I posted the WWC link. There are several favites and micromussa that look similar to the coral in question.

 

[Krzydmnd]

Wow that does look really similar! Does anyone know how to tell the difference between favia and favites?

From what I've read favia have their own corallite for each polyp while favites share their skeletal wall with the polyp beside them.

Ooooor the other way around, lol.