Anyone Know What This is?

[ReefHotSpot]

This is not an advertisement. . .We received this from a collection station in Indo and they didn't even know what it is. . .I'd bet someone here knows what it is.

Best Regards,
Reef Hot Spot

 

[Reefvette]

Hey

Hey

I think its a breadlet anemone, kind of like the african beadlet anemone.


The tips will get really dark and the tentacles with stay light.




Nice looking anemones, any mertens in that shipment?

 

[ReefHotSpot]

Nope. . .sorry no mertens. We'll do some research on the ID. Thanks.

 

[baldomero]

dont know what it is but its beautiful

 

[ReefHotSpot]

They don't seem to move at all either. They are still on the same rock chunk that they were collected on.

 

[kramgnik]

I believe it is Pseudocornyactis. Not sure about the spelling on that one but its close. I've wanted one for a long time!

 

[Reefvette]

Nice

Nice

Nice find.

I think it might not even be an anemone, maybe one of those coralmorphia.

Hot colors though some have really dark beads at the end of tents that guy should color up nice.

 

[ReefHotSpot]

Pseudocorynactis seems to be a very close id. We have three with the two smaller individuals being a red color and the larger one (just about twice the size) being a brown color. They were sold to us as carpet anems...but that was just the collector being cheeky. I'll post in the Corallimorpharians forum and see what they think.

Thanks,
Max

 

[traveller7]

fwiw: Brown ones that snuck in with Japanese shipments were marketed as Chocolate Anemones. They are not anemones at all.

They show up a couple of times per year, some threads:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=9930067#post9930067

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=9399482#post9399482

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=13777228#post13777228

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=10516514#post10516514

 

[ReefHotSpot]

thanks. We'll update the site when we get in the office.

Best,
Max

 

[Reefvette]

Gigantea

Gigantea

Nice Giganteas you guys got a couple have some nice long tentacles.

Great color too.

 

[traveller7]

Lets keep the commercial related comments/questions out of the discussion areas.

Thanks.