ID plz: mushroom or Ricordia? What kind?

[zeroinverse]

I hope someone can help me ID these. I got them already attached onto a rock from a local reefer, but they didn't know what type they were either.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Gill_bucket]

Looks like a fuzzy mushroom to me.

 

[fragtrader]

that my friend is not a ricordea.

its a Discosoma sanctithomae.

common names are: Bubble Mushroom, Warty Mushroom, Atlantic Bubble Mushroom
Warty Corallimorph, St. Thomas Bubble Mushroom.

The corallimorpharians are still badly in need of study and revision for their taxonomy. That said, the current standings are: three families (Corallimorphidae, Discosomatidae and Ricordeidae).

It does eat, so add some coral frenzy and/or zoo plankton on occasion to your feeding regiment, and keep other mushrooms away from them, as they do move and sting as a cnidarian.

Hope that helps. Let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

 

[zeroinverse]

that my friend is not a ricordea.

its a Discosoma sanctithomae.

common names are: Bubble Mushroom, Warty Mushroom, Atlantic Bubble Mushroom
Warty Corallimorph, St. Thomas Bubble Mushroom.

The corallimorpharians are still badly in need of study and revision for their taxonomy. That said, the current standings are: three families (Corallimorphidae, Discosomatidae and Ricordeidae).

It does eat, so add some coral frenzy and/or zoo plankton on occasion to your feeding regiment, and keep other mushrooms away from them, as they do move and sting as a cnidarian.

Hope that helps. Let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

Awesome!
Thanks all for the info. I am not best at ID yet. Just getting restarted after a long break from reefs.

 

[fragtrader]

its never to late to get back into this hobby, thats why its so great. welcome back.