LPS ID help

[bluemon]

Received this guy for free in a shipment.

Wondering what it might be? I think the plain orange color is throwing me off more than anything

 

[Rocks reef]

It looks like an Acan

 

[kevgib67]

^ This.

 

[Tommy B]

Possibly a Bowerbanki

 

[DexterKarin]

Looks like a discosoma mushroom to me. Not acan.

 

[Heres_doe_]

None of what’s mentioned. It’s a goniastrea part of the faviidea family. Everyone calls it a favia as well because it’s kind of hard to tell the difference from a favia.

 

[bluemon]

@thamnasteroid any ideas?

Looks like a discosoma mushroom to me. Not acan.

It has a skeleton

None of what’s mentioned. It’s a goniastrea part of the faviidea family. Everyone calls it a favia as well because it’s kind of hard to tell the difference from a favia.

Maybe, i'm just a bit stumped because each polpy looks a bit more separated than I am used to with what we ususally call "favia"

 

[Heres_doe_]

@thamnasteroid any ideas?

Looks like a discosoma mushroom to me. Not acan.

It has a skeleton

None of what’s mentioned. It’s a goniastrea part of the faviidea family. Everyone calls it a favia as well because it’s kind of hard to tell the difference from a favia.

Maybe, i'm just a bit stumped because each polpy looks a bit more separated than I am used to with what we ususally call "favia"

Look it up and you’ll see. It’s 1 skeleton but the skeleton is a bit deeper and the polyps look fluffier and separate.

 

[BryanM]

I wouldn't try to guess, but I do like it!

 

[thamnasteroid]

either Dipsastraea or Favites rotundata

 

[thamnasteroid]

None of what’s mentioned. It’s a goniastrea part of the faviidea family. Everyone calls it a favia as well because it’s kind of hard to tell the difference from a favia.

It's not Goniastrea; no paliform lobes. Also, Goniastrea is part of Merulinidae, not Faviidae; Faviidae only contains Atlantic species

 

[thamnasteroid]

@thamnasteroid any ideas?

Looks like a discosoma mushroom to me. Not acan.

It has a skeleton

None of what’s mentioned. It’s a goniastrea part of the faviidea family. Everyone calls it a favia as well because it’s kind of hard to tell the difference from a favia.

Maybe, i'm just a bit stumped because each polpy looks a bit more separated than I am used to with what we ususally call "favia"

Look it up and you’ll see. It’s 1 skeleton but the skeleton is a bit deeper and the polyps look fluffier and separate.

Compare with actual Goniastrea:

 

[bluemon]

either Dipsastraea or Favites rotundata

Thank you! Leaning towards the rotundata

 

[Seeturtle]

Looks a bit like a tonga mussa, it a bowerbanki relative i recently have seen. Smaller than most of my bowers and much less colorful than some of the Australian bowers youll pay dearly for, duller shades of the Australian stuff. I picked one up recently

 

[thamnasteroid]

Looks a bit like a tonga mussa, it a bowerbanki relative i recently have seen. Smaller than most of my bowers and much less colorful than some of the Australian bowers youll pay dearly for, duller shades of the Australian stuff. I picked one up recently

corallites are too small and not fleshy enough. "Tonga mussa" are also usually more mottled