Coral ID... ?

[insanefishguy]

Okay, so I have had this little bugger for a while and nobody as been able to ID it. I know that it is not photosynthetic. It really opens up under my actinics. It eats like no tomorrow. It could possibly be in the dendrophylia family. Anyone have an actual name?

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[saltycreefer]

Thats a tough one. Cool though!

 

[NCNBilly]

Looks like a ball anemone to me, although I haven't seen one that big. Generally harmless, not a pest...

 

[Sanjay]

Re: Coral ID... ?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8625410#post8625410 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by insanefishguy
Okay, so I have had this little bugger for a while and nobody as been able to ID it. I know that it is not photosynthetic. It really opens up under my actinics. It eats like no tomorrow. It could possibly be in the dendrophylia family. Anyone have an actual name?

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Joe, it seems this coral may be a Phyllangia species, a carribean coral. A very hardy coral.

Thanks for the frag.

sanjay.

 

[insanefishguy]

Sanjay looks like you got it right. somebody else happened to be looking for an ID of a "carribean cup coral" on the lps forum. The pic looks the same as mine. Somebody IDed as a phyllangia.

Caribbean "Cup Coral" ID?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8622135#post8622135 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DonavonsReef
What you have is a very nice Phyllangia americana.

 

[Sanjay]

You can thank Julian for replying to my email and IDing the coral for me.



sanjay.