A few zoas to identify...more to come

[ndnreefer]

Hey guys and gals,
I have small collection of zoanthids starting up in my 15g column and have been slowly adding more and more. So I was wondering if y'all could help. ATM only have camera phone pictures. Hopefully this will do.

Zoa 1= has a peach ish orange color
Zoa 2= White plate with some striations
Zoa 3= Pink overall mouth does not look green in tank
Zoa 4= Pinkish with green center
Zoa 5= Bright green center and green skirt

Thanks,

 

[ndnreefer]

anyone?

I think Zoa 1 is Ocean Pilgrim's Soul, any thoughts?

 

[ssteal]

Right pic looks like candy apple reds to me

 

[ndnreefer]

Hmmm...I think it is suppose to have more green in the central plate to be candy apple reds

 

[ndnreefer]

could zoa 4 be cat eyes? The very right picture

 

[ndnreefer]

a couple of other zoas/palys

a couple of other zoas/palys

The first one pic has a yellow ring around the green center

the yellow is a soprano? scarface?
Not sure about the red one. Darth Maul?

 

[650-IS350]

Maul morph and the other is the Wild Scarface morphs that have been coming in lately.
Other looks like a rainbow type paly.

 

[ndnreefer]

Cool, thanks for the info. I was thinking the same but wasn't sure.

 

[ndnreefer]

Here is another zoa to ID

 

[650-IS350]

need more white light on that but preliminary looks like one of the newer MaryJane Morphs that was named something else....

 

[ndnreefer]

So I have looked all these names before and again after and noticed they look similar. Is this cause they are all morphs of the originals. I noticed someone say wild morphs does that mean this piece was collected from the wild?

Thanks

 

[650-IS350]

all of these get collected from wild then propagated in folks tanks or stores then sold or traded etc....

 

[ndnreefer]

Here is a better pic of the rainbow looking one.

 

[ndnreefer]

ah gotcha, I just wanted to get proper names so that if they ever grow big enough I can frag them and sell them appropriately. Most of these would be sold as morphs of the originals, not true darth mauls, scarface, and maryJane, correct?

 

[ndnreefer]

thanks for your help 650-IS350

 

[650-IS350]

no prob bud, also in CoralPedia, you'll find multiples of the same polyps named various names LOL. So look accordingly.

 

[ndnreefer]

Still trying to figure out the rainbow looking frag saw a few possibilities but still unsure. I put up a new pic of it. I was thinking rainbow sherbert or purple orchid morphs