Lfs says its a scoly?

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What do you think? Any images I look at of scoly's don't look like this. Maybe a lobo?
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For sure not a scolly, maybe a lobo
 
Lobophyllia robusta!
 
IMO, that is not a lobo, if it were, it would form individual heads. Symphyllia on the other hand will stay ''open'' like the one you have. Keep it lower in the tank or on the sand with low-mid flow
 


Lobophyllia robusta.
 
The distinguishing characteristic between Lobophyllia and Symphyllia all comes down to skeleton structure. The corallites on a Lobophyllia have separate walls, whereas a Symphyllia's corallites have shared walls.

That being said, it's a Symphyllia.

Symphyllia radians
 

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