Has anyone seen one of these and know its name?

[Saltliquid]

Its firm and sort of slimy.
This is half its actual size down to 20 mill across during transit.
This is the top.

This is underneath.

 

[Betta132]

WOAH.
That thing -whatever it is- looks AWESOME.
Give it a little poke... See if it reacts.
Does it move?
Does it seem to eat things?
It looks like maybe a weird nudibranch? I'm really not sure.
Weird coral, possibly? But it doesn't appear to be anchored...

 

[fishy.22]

No other posts?
Dan, Joe?
That thing is wild looking. I've never seen anything like it.

 

[Calappidae]

No other posts?
Dan, Joe?
That thing is wild looking. I've never seen anything like it.

I'm lost Never seen anything like it.

At first sight it looked like a sponge but given the change of size during transit I'm guessing something more coralish.

Any updates or more details from the poster?

 

[Betta132]

Okay, I googled a few things. No sign of any nudibranchs that look like that.
I'm thinking maybe it's a detached coral of some kind? Put it right-side-up on some rock and see if it attaches.
Or... Where did you get it? By any chance could you have managed to get something new? You may need a marine biologist.

 

[Sky_Shark]

Did you ever figure out what this is? Wild!

 

[Saltliquid]

Nope, I have no idea.

 

[Zaccolwlell]

Bump

 

[pagojoe]

It's out of my area by a long ways. It looks like a baby Pavona or a similar coral bud to my snail-trained eye (meaning I'm certainly not a coral taxonomist).


Don

 

[Monkeyfish]

Post it in the coral forums and see if anyone has any ideas.

 

[ReeferJohn408]

It looks like a sponge but not sure..

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

So how's the mystery blob doing? Hope it's growing. Maybe once it gets older we can recognize it. That thing is cool...

 

[Zaccolwlell]

Bump

 

[Zaccolwlell]

This is a basket starfish that's lost its legs