Encrusting coral id please with pics

[silverplanet]

hello

picked this rock up from a lfs and it had this coral attached to it. no idea what it is but it seems to encrust on the rock and spread pretty good.

any help would be great

Jason

 

[zdawgnight]

lapestra not the right spelling but Im almost positive

 

[Tang Salad]

Maybe Favites?

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Leptastrea would be my first guess, assuming the rock is from the Pacific. If it was on a piece of Atlantic/Caribbean rock, then I would guess Siderastrea.

 

[sgolden]

the voices in my head say montastrea

 

[MCsaxmaster]

It's a faviid. Getting to genus, unfortunately, really requires a closer skeletal exam of a clean (= chloroxed) skeleton.

 

[JHEast]

Looks like a favite to me too

 

[kware]

http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+321+427&pcatid=427
check out this coral at live aquaria
looks like a Brain coral, Favite

 

[cali9dub]

nice piece of rock regardless....lol

 

[MCsaxmaster]

One thing it is not if Favites. Favites spp. share corallite walls. It is one of the defining characters of the genus. This coral does not share corallite walls.