Lps Id

[GreshamH]

Anyone want to take a crack at ID'ing this one?

 

[Anthony Calfo]

it looks Mussidae at a glance

 

[GreshamH]

care to take it down a few notches to oh say, genus/species I gatherred it was in that family

Coralites are on the small side, that entire piece is just under 2 1/2" x 1". I've fed heavily every night since I've had it, and I have yet to say any feeder/sweeper tentacles. It swells up with the presences of food, but not tentacles.

Some have ventured to guess:

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/301-400/Species pages/384.htm

But from not being able to see the feeding tentacles, I couldn't say so for sure. Unfortunatly (or not ), there is no exsposed skeleton to view. Those worm castings sure make it hard to ID as well as the travel many of the coralites walls.

 

[Skimmy]

wow, awesome coral! it looks like a bummpy chalice of some sorts, but i have never seen one before.great find
let us know when you find out!

 

[Boomer]

Some have ventured to guess:

I don't know how they would get that Acanthastrea rotundoflora. I see very little resemblance based on images. It would be closer to Acanthastrea subechinata. I might add that many Acanthastrea sp can be miss-ID for Favia sp or vise-versa