ID Help: Anemone or Zoanthid?

[Steveabg]

I got this hitchhiker on a piece of live rock. Whatever it is, it's just a baby. It's greenish in the center, and deep pink around the edges. It doesn't look like the aiptasias I've seen.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[kkyyllee]

it looks like a button polyp

 

[Slakker]

Does indeed look like a Zoa/Paly...though the picture isn't the greatest for ID purposes. Doesn't look much like aiptasia, but those little buggers can be tricksy...I don't think it looks much like Majano, either.

I guess the real question is...what's it do when you poke at it, or has it moved? If it looks like a zoa polyp when closed, that's probly what it is. If it sucks itself down into the rock, it's probably a pest anemone.

 

[BristlewormKing]

It is a zoanthid - I can't tell from the pic, but looks like a cinnamon or dragon paly. You can try zoaid.com

 

[Steveabg]

Thanks, guys. It was difficult to photograph, since it's so small. I had to shoot that with my digital aimed through a magnifying glass!

I'm feeling pretty confident now that it's not a pest, so it gets to stay and grow and show its true face!

Thanks again.

 

[Steveabg]

oh, and slakker, no. It doesn't suck down into the rock. I thought it was another feather duster at first, since that rock is covered with them. When I squirt a turkey baster at it, it doesn't suck into the rock, it just sort of curls in at the edges. It does the same thing at night. It hasn't moved from its position at all.