Stylocollenia...under appreciated coral

I believe I got 2 of these recently. One is purple with blue polyps (questionable if it's a Stylo), the other is green with yellow polyps. I'll get crappy phone pictures up when my lights come on.
 
many (if not all ?) of my montiporas have 12 tentacules too.

(danae, verrucosa, setosa, undata, digitata...)

it was sold by cherry corals as a fireball montipora, my mind was slipping when i said sunburst. either way im happy with it and its a steady grower/
 
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many (if not all ?) of my montiporas have 12 tentacules too.

(danae, verrucosa, setosa, undata, digitata...)

The only reason I guesses Alveopora and not Montipora is because of the polyp structure and because of the conjoined columella walls that the corallites share. I would have said Montipora if those weren't there. Maybe I am seeing it weird.


That's a Montipora. Maybe M. aequituberculata or M. crassituerculata if it plates.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0245
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0250
 
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