Hitchhikers on rock

[Maswired]

I found what appears to be a hitchicker. A red central disk that elongates and folds up over a bright green bespeckled disk when irritated. Central white transluscent mouth with an outer ring of white translucent tentacles that resemble those of a hammer coral. Any clues?

 

[Maswired]

Another pic

Another pic

Another pic

 

[chimmike]

ricordea mushroom or small bubble coral?

 

[Maswired]

Went to reef store and showed them the pics. Suggestions were bubble coral, or could be anything. They live culture their stuff in the ocean so might be anything- was told that as long as the other corals are not stressed that it should be ok. I am worried about possibility of having an anemone- like a rise anemone. Guess it is wait and see.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Does it have a skeleton? If not it can't be a bubble coral,

 

[mitchb]

Looks harmless to me. Nice color so definetlely wait and see

 

[Maswired]

Better pic?

Better pic?

Better pic

 

[Maswired]

Maybe bubble coral

 

[hogfanreefer]

Couldn't be a ball anemone could it?

 

[Lsufan]

Looks like a ball anenome to me too

 

[Maswired]

Ball anemone or hammer coral or???

Ball anemone or hammer coral or???

How do I tell the difference between a ball anemone, a rock flower, grog spawn, or bubble anemone? It's body closes up in the same manner as my Duncan coral. The body is very red. There are concentric bright green dots around the face of the disc. The pistoles are transluscent white. I have seen condy anemones but they don't have the green dots and the red face. I honestly can not find a single pic of this thing online.

 

[hogfanreefer]

You say it closes up like your duncan. Does it have a skeleton?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Can you zoom in and get an actual picture of this thing?

 

[Maswired]

It turned out to be a bubble anemone. It spreads its "fingers" in all directions at night - pretty large- about the size of a nickel over all. It closes up into a little thing durng the day. Definitely a Bubble anemone.
THanks for everyone's help!

 

[Maswired]

Correction: Ball Anemone. No clue why I typed Bubble. Anyway, now there are two. Interesting little things. One ate a cerith snail a few days ago.