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Got this coral for free from someone local and don’t know the specific name. What type of acan is this? Is it just a green hammer? Also the other green might be pavona sps? Lastly frogspawn? Just looking for their specific names so I know what I have. Thank you!

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Looks like two hammers (green and purple), a frogspawn (green), and a generic red acan. The Acan might have some designer name but most of the time that I've seen they are just called by their color.

Are there just 4 pictures? I see nothing pavona like.
 
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Looks like two hammers (green and purple), a frogspawn (green), and a generic red acan. The Acan might have some designer name but most of the time that I've seen they are just called by their color.

Are there just 4 pictures? I see nothing pavona like.
Which coral is the third photo and whoops I forgot to include the pavona photo in. I will take a pic when I’m off work in a few hours
 

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Got this coral for free from someone local and don’t know the specific name. What type of acan is this? Is it just a green hammer? Also the other green might be pavona sps? Lastly frogspawn? Just looking for their specific names so I know what I have. Thank you!

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1 is a branching hammer (fimbriaphyllia paraancora)
2 is a micromussa, commonly called acan by the hobby
3 is a frogspawn (IDK whether it is branching or wall) (fimbriaphyllia (para)divisa)
4 is a wall hammer (fimbriaphyllia ancora)
 
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The third photo is a hammer? It doesn’t look like it to me and first pic looks more like frogspawn
 
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Better pics?
 

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The third photo is a hammer? It doesn’t look like it to me and first pic looks more like frogspawn
From your first set of photos:

First pic is either a hammer or frammer (hammer/frogspawn hybrid).
Third is frogspawn for sure.
Fourth is a hammer (dying, from the looks of it)
 
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1 is a branching hammer (fimbriaphyllia paraancora)
2 is a micromussa, commonly called acan by the hobby
3 is a frogspawn (IDK whether it is branching or wall) (fimbriaphyllia (para)divisa)
4 is a wall hammer (fimbriaphyllia ancora)
What’s the difference between branching and wall?
 

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Clockwise from top left:
1.Hammer
2.Frogspawn
3.Hammer or frammer
4.Possibly pavona but pic is a little blurry and I know there are other encrusting SPS that may look similar
Also, no specific names (besides what @encrustingacro provided)... they are nothing "fancy"
 

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What’s the difference between branching and wall?
Branching euphylliids have a phaceloid colony structure (like caulastrea or astraeosmilia), while wall euphylliids have a flabello-meandroid colony structure (like trachyphyllia or catalaphyllia). All euphyllias (torches) grow in a branching form, while fimbriaphyllias (hammers and frogspawn) can grow in either a wall or branching form depending on the species.
 
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