I.d. "good pic"

[o.c.d.]

Trying to I.D. and having trouble Sold as monti, I just grinned at the guy when he said that. "All righty then how much".
my attempt is Platygyra daedalea ??? anyone agree or not

 

[xJake]

It's a Pavona coral of some kind. I'm not sure on the exact species.

 

[o.c.d.]

A yes much better thank you Pavona speciosa I'm thinking now. I guess it hard without seeing the whole colony it's a small colony I have measuring 2"x1" Here is better pic

 

[snorvich]

I am not an identification guru, but I think Pavona speciosa is correct. VERY nice coral, by the way.

 

[Ajsim1]

Very nice!

 

[xJake]

My final attempt at an I.D. is some color morph of P. varians.
Here are two photos from Advanced Aquarist Online Magazine:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/3/aafeature1_album/Figure4.JPG
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/9/aafeature1_album/image013.jpg

Here is a photo of the underlying corallite skeletal structure:
http://www.scielo.sa.cr/img/fbpe/rbt/v49n3-4/2512i23.JPG
As you can see it looks very similar to your photos, but it could be a number of different species - only time (and growth) will tell...
Those ridges could grow out and you may end up with a P. cactus such as this:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8Oz1SX8aGnw/RsYNhckekEI/AAAAAAAAApo/ZP4l1xggvjA/s1600/Pavona+Cactus.jpg

 

[o.c.d.]

Thank you for your effort xJake More than just me agrees with you. This is a reply from another fourm."Agreed - It is Pavona. The petaloid corallites are the distinguishing characteristics, and other visible characters don't match the other genera with petaloid or subpetaloid corallites. This is one of the infrequent cases where a really good photo and grossly visible distinguishing characters can be used in ID. Now, species would require seeing the skeleton with no tissue, and magnification.
Eric Borneman

 

[xJake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14296260#post14296260 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by o.c.d.
Thank you for your effort xJake More than just me agrees with you. This is a reply from another fourm."Agreed - It is Pavona. The petaloid corallites are the distinguishing characteristics, and other visible characters don't match the other genera with petaloid or subpetaloid corallites. This is one of the infrequent cases where a really good photo and grossly visible distinguishing characters can be used in ID. Now, species would require seeing the skeleton with no tissue, and magnification.
Eric Borneman

No problem. It actually becomes fun after awhile. The excellent photos helped a lot. It's a real pain when someone posts a blurry cell phone pic and expects to get an accurate I.D.

Anyway, good luck with the colony. They usually take awhile to grow out, but it's definitely worth the patience.

 

[reefscape15]

how awesome to get that at monti price!

 

[eznet2u]

Beautiful Coral OCD...Great deal.

Hey xJake...Can you ID this?

It's either a LE Acro...Or a Cerith Snail...