Yeah, for CITES you are only required to ID the coral to the genus level. So all acans are lumped together under Acanthastrea echinata. A lord or hillae can legally enter the US under the echinata name.
Thanks Randy and Mothra. No Randy, I only have that many posts, I prefer to learn from listening rather than talking! Plus I usually don't have time to post....
And mothra, your right, it is a fad, but what makes me mad is that some people seem to have a problem with fads. Welcome to America folks. I'm sorry this isn't yet a coral utopia where everyone swaps frags of everything and no one pays for anything. If it's hot and hard to find, some people don't mind paying alot of money to get it. That's the way its been since history began, but for some reason its not okay this hobby. Go figure.