Chalice or cyphastrea

[stravo71]

Traded a piece or ora scripps sgag for this. I think its a cyphastea (meteor shower) but he said it was a chalice. I think otherwise so I figured I'd ask you guys. Thanks.

 

[cmcoker]

My vote is meteor shower

 

[stravo71]

My vote is meteor shower

Yup samr here. I already have one but dif colors

 

[aromano]

100 percent meteor shower

 

[SaltyWalter]

That second picture of the one you already have isn't cyphastrea... Pretty sure that is an astreopora

 

[stravo71]

That second picture of the one you already have isn't cyphastrea... Pretty sure that is an astreopora

Didn't know that. Always thought it to be a cyphastrea

 

[SaltyWalter]

Didn't know that. Always thought it to be a cyphastrea

Check into it, cyphastrea polyps usually aren't that raised up unless its the branching style, but this looks to be encrusting. Astreopora is more common to have those raised polyps.