Need an ID Please ??

[coraljunkie]

Anybody know what this is?

 

[spanko]

Is it hard or soft?

 

[coraljunkie]

Hard

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Top down of it?
Wish I could help more... Maybe Blastos?

 

[candycane]

My first guess would be a Scolymia. Just because I have seen one or two that divided into almost a branching coral like that with more then one polyp. It's pretty rare though (at least from the amount that I have seen).

 

[coraljunkie]

Looks more like and SPS than a LPS coral to me? Seems to be an encrusting type.

 

[candycane]

The pink/red flesh looks rather transparent to me. Plus the septa along the corallites are rather well defined. Scolymias are sometimes extremely thin as well - the one's I had all were.

 

[coraljunkie]

Upon closer inspection the outer edges seem to move with the current.

 

[nano reefer]

it looks like and LPS. possibly almost dead favia or maze brain.

 

[rebelprettyboy]

Doesnt look like a dead favia to me

 

[coraljunkie]

Well I can tell you that it is not dead. It started out as a small spot and has been getting bigger. I first thought it was just some cyano or red algae.

 

[coraljunkie]

Here is an updated pic. Keeps getting bigger. Any idea on what it is?

 

[mx#28]

It's hard for me to see, but it looks like one of the 'chalice' corals. Google Mycedium sp and Echinophyllia sp and see if we're close.

 

[texasmetal]

It's Pavona. It will spread at a remarkable rate.

 

[coraljunkie]

Never heard of it? is it rare?

 

[texasmetal]

Originally Posted by CoralJunkie
http:///forum/post/2717815
Never heard of it? is it rare?
Not really. But a nice score all the same.