ID on this LPS

[asmashling]

Hey guys

Anybody know what those LPS are?

Thanks in advance

Cheers, Flow
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[asmashling]

Hmm pictures attached via tapatalk are only 52k.
Sucks

Maybe thats better now.


Cheers, Flow
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[Loki]

I dont know but I like them :)

 

[darryl_v]

Im not super good at id'ing LPS but the first looks like a wellso/trachy brain and the second acan hillae.

 

[mainereefer]

#1 I would say trach
#2 I would say acan maxima or it could be a Lobomussa

 

[jonbar1]

1st one almost definitely an open brain Wellsophyllia/Trachyphyllia. Seems like the name has changed a couple times and I'm not sure what the currently correct one is but I call mine a Trachyphyllia geoffroyi since that was correct last time I checked. Knowing taxonomists...this has probably changed LOL

2nd one looks like Acanthastrea hillae to me, but I've only seen a handfull of bowerbanki and hillae in person and can't know for sure they were labelled correctly.

 

[asmashling]

Trachyphylia and hillari Looks both good for me though.

Thank you so much guys!


Cheers, Flow
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[evolved]

...but I've only seen a handfull of bowerbanki and hillae in person and can't know for sure they were labelled correctly.

Hillae are VERY fleshy compared to bowerbanki (which are much more favia-like, in terms of the amount of tissue above the skeleton).