it's nonphotosynthetic, but what is it??

[jdav]

i've had this polyp since december of last year. It was smaller than a zoa when I saw it on a piece of LR I bought. I've been feeding it now it's as big if not bigger than a quater. this picture is about 3 weeks old too and it's gotten alot of color in it since then, maybe because its big enough to eat whole pieces of krill and silverslides. it never closes, ever. it's produced 2 new polyps since i've gotten it as well, one is about dime size now the other is smaller than a zoa.....


so yeah what is this thing........???

 

[GL]

Looks like a cup coral!

 

[DonavonsReef]

Phyllangia americana

 

[XxMutedYouthxX]

dont think its a cup coral, cup corals dont have polyps like that... they have polyps more resembling a alveo or something like that but really short... those polyps look more like a sun coral but cant tell without seeing the actual skeleton

 

[DonavonsReef]

http://www.aquaticphotos.com/details.php?image_id=33

 

[oddballs]

donovans reef hit it on the head!!i like those little guys.

 

[rhdoug]

thanks for posting this. I have had about 4 or 5 of these guys ever since I set up my reef, and I was finally going to see if I could get an ID on them. They are still going strong after 7 yrs!

 

[porky]

Yep! A common hitchiker on Gulf rock, just be careful those little guys will sting the crap out of a LOT of corals!

 

[GL]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7522196#post7522196 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by XxMutedYouthxX
dont think its a cup coral, cup corals dont have polyps like that... they have polyps more resembling a alveo or something like that but really short... those polyps look more like a sun coral but cant tell without seeing the actual skeleton

Cup coral is one of the common names, if you search on both names you will find them either way. Just do a google image search on Phyllangia americana and you will see the pics labeled "Cup Coral"

Really commone on the TBS rock, they have a pic on their site as well.

 

[keckles]

Anyone know if this is classified as a Dendrophyllid?