Have you guys seen one like this?

[Al G Blenny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11068445#post11068445 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bookfish
Randy already correctly ID'd this coral. I've seen dozens of these corals and they don't resemble leptoseris or pavona much at all.

Randy, Jim, etc.. are right. It is most definitely Lithophyllon. If you saw these corals in person you would know that they are pretty distinct. Pics do make it hard to ID but when you see them come in to the wholesalers all the time, you get used to being able to ID something without having to point out all of the details that make it different. Lithos do puff up a bit sorta like a fungia. Pavonas and Leptos don't. You just see the tentacles. That might be one of the reasons why people call those SPS (and yes I agree that SPS and LPS are bad words because there are many shades of grey). I would have to personally put Litho in the LPS category since it is more like an Echino or Fungia than Pavona or any other SPS.

Of course there is always room to be wrong. It doesn't matter who you are. I personally think Chris from RM has some of the most accurate IDs out there but I have also disagreed with him many times and I don't think I have ever disagreed with Jim. Chris just has way too many corals to ID to be accurate every time.