ID CHECK plz

[wsmith79]

got it from a lfs. they didnt know what it was and i got it cheap. i know its not giant anthelia(in the backround), very similar structure but unlike anthelia, it can retract each polyp into their shoot. i also own silver pumping xenia and its not like that at all.

The polyps grow out of "shoots". it has 15 or so shoots that are all connected to one hard piece like a mat but not soft like hand waiving anthelia. very interesting anthelia like species. just dont know what it is.

Makes me think of blue anthelia because of how its setup it looks like a very slow grower, but it has no actual blue coloring at all. more of an orange with greenish tint as opposed to my pink giant anthelia.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

It could be another variety of Anthelia, though Im thinking Clavularia is more likely.

 

[wsmith79]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12969693#post12969693 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hormigaquatica
It could be another variety of Anthelia, though Im thinking Clavularia is more likely.

thats what im thinking as well, the interesting thing is, that the polyp more resembles anthelia over a clavularia polyp hands down. the only noticable character trait of clavularia is that the polyps retract. aside from that its very anthelia. i'll try and get an upclose shot of one of the polyps

 

[seapug]

It's a Clavularia. The fact that the polyps retract is the key. Anthelia can't do that.

 

[wsmith79]

pretty sure i figured it out. its a variant of tubipora musica somekind of hard/soft coral. pretty neat and i like the fact that it wont grow very fast.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Its definitely not Tubipora... sorry.. lol
Im with Seapug, pretty confident of Clavularia.

 

[wsmith79]

this colony has a hard calcium like outer shell in the form of pipes exactly like tubipora musica. its not soft like clavularia. if it was soft id say yea , but the fact that its hard as described in tubipora is why it got me thinkin it. also, its polyps closely resemble anthelia not a clavularia polyp, another point for tubipora. and lastly, tubipora is said to come in green and this frag has green colored polyp tips.

if its clavularia i havent been able to find any other specimen that resembles mine whatsoever but the first couple of photos of tubipora musica looked much more like it.

mine more resembles this tubipora described:
HERE

clavularia described:
HERE

I havent found any clavularia that grows with a hard "mat" and pipes. The website above describes tubipora as having a "calcerous skeleton", this is exactly how i would describe my specimen. I would be totally convinced if i could find various photos of tubipora, but there isnt much

 

[A.T.T.R]

it isnt a hard shell. thats just tougher skin on the clavularia.

plus usualy those have bright red skellies

 

[MarkusII]

Hello,

your´s definitely is not a tubipora;
look for example at this:
tubipora musica - or try to google tubipora muisca pics; tubipora has a dark red pipe or tube looking sceleton with several levels in between.
yours is an anthelia species.

Clavularia has shorter polyps

regards

Markus