Coral ID

[djc1026]

I picked up a small frag of these in VA this past week. One place that sold them said they were giant zoanthids and non colonizing, reaching up to 10-12". The other place that had them was Atlantis Aquariums in Richmond (awesome place by the way). The boss was out and the guys working there just knew they were out of Florida and they couldn't get them anymore. They were in their display tank and were colonizing a rock, max size of any of the polyps I would say was 2". Anyways, here's a pic of what I have, (it's a little blurry I know). I will post in one of the coral forums as well.

Dave

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Can you get a picture from further away? It almost looks like a Rock or Flower Anemone, but then again, but I doubt it. It doesn't look exactly like one, but the explanation and the picture almost makes me want to think a Caribbean Sun Polyp (Protopalythoa grandis). The picture is just so large and close, it makes it a little difficult to tell. Here are some other pictures of some P. grandis

 

[djc1026]

Thanks Travis, that's it, protopalythoa grandis.

Dave