Id on encrusting Monti

[4age]

Hi guys

Got this Monti from my Lfs.. Supplier did not list a scientific name.. Any idea what species it is? Base in green and bluish as well with orange red polyps. Came in from Vietnam

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[Daddi0]

PokerStar?

 

[ali1]

its junk... ship it to me

 

[4age]

Not sure if it's pokerstar coz of the green in the base as well

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[4age]

Also added another encrusting Monti as well

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[Oldreeferman]

My guess is Sunset or Rainbow encrusting Montipora on the first pics.

 

[C.Eymann]

Never use color to ID sps it's all about morphology.

cant really see details of the papillae or verrucae on the coenstrum, but it looks fairly smooth,

I'd compare it with Montipora mollis,

Edit: ^^^ Coral in the OP, second one posted is way too small as M. verrucosa, palawanensis, verrucolusus, cebuensis, danae all look incredibly similar as frags, you need the new growth to differentiate between the different way the verrucae/coenstrum ridges form on each species accurately