Need help IDing this Coral!

[Devildog2673]

I recently bought this coral frag at a local shop. It was really unique but the shop owner said he's not sure what it is. He said a customer has been growing it out for about 10 years and occasionally brings in frags. I'm thinking it is a type of acan but the "Torch Coral-like" sweepers don't seem right! Any help would be great. I'll include pics of daylight, moonlight and morning "sweepers".

 

[ss95003]

lot of LPS have that sweeper in the first pic and same with second pic the feeding tentacles. It looks like a candy cane coral to me, but really hard to tell from pictures. I would not consider a candy cane coral unique and any shop owner should know what that is, so likely not it. What does the base look like?

 

[Devildog2673]

Yeah, I'm sure it's not a candy cane. I'll try to get a pic of the frag bottom to show the skeleton tonight

 

[ahiggins]

thats weird! It does look like an acan with its feeding tentacles and its fleshy too but those sweepers are more favia like.
Maybe its a new species?! ohhhhhh wouldnt that be cool? haha

 

[Devildog2673]

Yeah, the sweepers are nothing like I've ever seen on an acan. The closest I've found looking online is Mycetophyllia ferox which is from the Caribbean. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/5/aafeature1_album/17.jpg
But both LFS think it's something else, but they're not sure what!

 

[ahiggins]

(we cant visit that link)

 

[Devildog2673]

https://reefs.com/2015/09/18/the-identification-and-evolution-of-closed-brain-corals-part-2/