can someone id this?

[gwubsmuzix]

got this with a big package deal off craigslist. I was told it was a leather.. questioned forawhile but didnt think too much of it cause i got a bunch of other stuff for $30 bucks

 

[gwubsmuzix]

nevermind think i found it. cabbage leather?

 

[firsttimereefer]

Looks like cabbage coral (sinularia dura)

 

[GerritM]

It is a Sinularia brassica (Sinularia dura is a not valid synonym for this coral).

 

[firsttimereefer]

Why is it not valid if you don't mind me asking

 

[GerritM]

Why is it not valid if you don't mind me asking

Why? I can not say, but it is so. :reading:
Here you can see:
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209992

 

[firsttimereefer]

I am not sure why this website says this but Google both names and the one that more closely resembles the pictured coral is s. Dura the other seems to be more finger like in its shape. I am no expert and am only going off research. I know there are some hardcore softy experts on here that should know without a doubt what it is

 

[GerritM]

Here you can see how different they can grow:
http://science.naturalis.nl/research/people/cv/ofwegen/sinularia-images

Accepted scientific name is Sinularia brassica. Unfortunately in stores often sold falsely as Sinularia dura.