[Rhonda.J]

I bought this as a maze coral. But I have seen pic that look just like this and they call them favias. I also have a favia that looks nothing like this. Here is a pic of the maze.

[Rhonda.J]

that I bought as a favia coral.

[Ninong]

Originally posted by Rhonda.J
I bought this as a maze coral. But I have seen pic that look just like this and they call them favias. I also have a favia that looks nothing like this. Here is a pic of the maze.

Yes, it certainly looks like a maze coral to me, probably Platygyra daedalea. LFS have a tendency to use Favia for anything in the Family Faviidae, even when the species is not Favia. And they like to use the common name "Maze Coral" because it usually brings a higher price.

Ninong

[Ninong]

Originally posted by Rhonda.J
that I bought as a favia coral.

I don't think that's a Favia, it looks more like a Favites to me, possibly Favites abdita. Favia have separate corallites, Favites have shared corallite walls.

Ninong

[FishKid]

Thats a nice coral! I hope my brain coral looks half as good (when i get it, that is)



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