Anemone id

[BairdimusPrime]

Bought a piece of live rock...this guy was flowered up this morning its a pretty little guy...
looks like a baby bta as his tips are all swelled up...
but pix always help and you guys are who i come to for help!

 

[bradleym]

Very cool! I don't think its a BTA, the shape is a little different, but I could be wrong. A clearer picture would help if possible. It may be a strange variety of majano. If it turns out to be a pest anemone, I'll buy it off you. I've been collecting them but haven't seen that one before.

 

[BairdimusPrime]

any better?

 

[bradleym]

A little better. It MIGHT be a really sick BTA, but I doubt it. BTAs don't have striped tentacles for one. And they usually have at least double the number of tentacles, almost hiding the mouth. I'm no expert though, so I'd just keep an eye on it and wait for a second opinion.

 

[BairdimusPrime]

thanks for the info whatever it is it looks awesome and my wife loves it lol

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Hard to tell from the pic - how big is it? I don't think it's a BTA, probably a type of mojano, but someone else may be able to give a definitive ID.

 

[BairdimusPrime]

its about the size of a half dollar

 

[garygb]

Looks like Bartholomea annulata, curlique anemone to me (an atlantic species).

 

[BairdimusPrime]

well the rocks come from the gulf reef. that would make sense... only reason i thought bta was the fact that there are bulbs on the tips of its tentacles... its pretty cool and is eating so no complaints

 

[bradleym]

Agreed very cool. Lucky find. I would like to see what it looks like in a month or so.