ID PLEASE - weird zoaish polyps

[bkiba]

Ok I just found these today. They caught my eye and I've never seen anything like them before. The tentacles are very loose and wave around a lot, they are brownish (but pearly) with black dots at the end of each tentacle. The fish store owner said he'd only seen them once before a long time ago. He also said he'd only ever seen them growing on tube worm casings. Here is a close up pic:

 

[Jayreefer]

Wierd. I assume that they are a paly of some sort, but you know what happens when you ***/u/me.

 

[bkiba]

indeed. they remind me of the yellow polyps, they kind of sway like that and have long tentacles, but the similarities end there. What is the species on the yellow polyps?

 

[InvaderJim]

I have no idea what those are but they are awesome!

 

[mtiknoles]

Zoafrags on ebay is selling those as "rare waving hands palythoas zoanthids".

Tonya

 

[sambo123]

I saw those on ebay, I think they called them waving hand palythoa, seem to be kinda rare. Nice Find!

Here is the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-WAVING-HAN...1209311QQihZ009QQcategoryZ46308QQcmdZViewItem

They seem to be very similiar to stick polyps when they grow, and look kinda like yellow polyps as mentioned. You should get a good picture of them and post them on zoaid.com

 

[bkiba]

awesome. This looks like a healthy little colony too, hopefully it grows, these are just like alien looking zoas. I just took some more pictures. I'll be sure to do my part in making these less "rare"

 

[bkiba]

here is another closeup

 

[sambo123]

thats a better pic, I really like the long skirts on those, oh and I'll take a polyp or two jk

 

[bkiba]

I submitted them to zoaid.com

I suggested the name master mind flayer paly.

this is a throw back to any of the nerds out there whoever played rogue, nethack or slashem . You guys will know what I'm talking about

 

[bkiba]

looks like they are zoanthus (thanks sixliner!).

found this link
http://www.edge-of-reef.com/anemoni/ESAZoanthusspen.htm

 

[nUgZ]

Wow those are crazy. Keep us updated.

 

[bkiba]

update - Parazoanthus anguicomus

http://actiniaria.com/parazoanthus_anguicomus.php

don't know if these are nasties or not like the yellow polyps. They really are cool looking. I will update the thread in a month or so.

 

[edwing206]

those a soo cool. where did you get them?

 

[Letmegrow]

The are not fully photosynthetic, remember to feed them like a sun coral.

 

[bkiba]

I figure they have some photosynthetic abilities since they are brown and not clear white like in all the photos I've seen. There are several patches of them on the piece I got. I'm only going to feed some of the patches to see how much they depend on food. If it turns out they are like yellow polyps but rely on food to spread this would be an ideal situation to prevent spreading.

thanks for the info letmegrow

 

[ranran]

There not a zoa or a paly they are coloneal anemone's. Nice colored one's too.