Mystery Frag (3 Viewers)

[TravisV]

Picked up this mystery frag with one of my purchases at the recent TCMAS show. Looking for input as my knowledge of encrusting corals is pretty weak. Initial research I thought it might be a Psammacora? Thanks in advance!

 

[ikserk]

That or also possibly leptastrea sp.

 

[TravisV]

That or also possibly leptastrea sp.

Thanks, hopefully it will become more apparent as it grows!

 

[Varig]

I don’t know if orange psammacora is different than green, but I don’t feel like my green one has any obvious mouths like yours seems to have. I feel like mine is just a uniform covering of little fluffy polyps. Like Astroturf. Whereas it seems like yours has more defined circular regions.

Maybe that points more towards leptostrea as @ikserk said?

I feel like I need @Reefer Oz to weigh in. I feel like Josh always has a bead on coral IDs.

 

[ikserk]

I agree, my psammacoras never have that much extension

But I'm also not a taxonomist

 

[TravisV]

I don’t know if orange psammacora is different than green, but I don’t feel like my green one has any obvious mouths like yours seems to have. I feel like mine is just a uniform covering of little fluffy polyps. Like Astroturf. Whereas it seems like yours has more defined circular regions.

Maybe that points more towards leptostrea as @ikserk said?

I feel like I need @Reefer Oz to weigh in. I feel like Josh always has a bead on coral IDs.

When I first got it into the tank and it was settling in it was more fuzzy looking. I had it on frag rack for about a week. These pics are a day after attaching it to the rock work. So it might not be fully extended?

 

[penfold2]

Could also be what is commonly called Lithophyllon in the hobby, but I've read that the true name is more likely Cycloseris explanulata, as so many corals in the hobby are misidentified.

Here's an older shot of mine with slightly different coloration. Some of these encrusting corals can be so difficult to tell apart though.

 

[asifiqbal2]

What a pretty specimen