LTA or RBTA?

[triggerfish1976]

I have all of the confidence in the world on Atlantis' identification abilities so I will take their word that the anemone below is a LTA.
http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/images/invltpink.jpg

The question is my LFS has some anemone's that look exactly like the one in the pic above (long pink tentacles with white tips) but it is being sold as a RBTA w/ white tips. When BTA's get the long stringy tentacles I have a hard time telling them apart from LTA's.

What are the main differences to look for in defining each species?

 

[Toddrtrex]

LTAs will have those bumps in the backside of the oral disc. ( it starts with a "v" but I am awful at spelling)

 

[triggerfish1976]

Thanks.

 

[triggerfish1976]

I double checked and they do not have the verrucose on the underside of the oral disk so RBTA it is.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Sure sounds like it.

Going to get it?

 

[triggerfish1976]

Probably. You don't see white tipped RBTA's to often.

 

[Toddrtrex]

You know you will have to show some pictures of it when/if you get it.

 

[mrbncal]

Re: LTA or RBTA?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10277628#post10277628 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by triggerfish1976
I have all of the confidence in the world on Atlantis' identification abilities so I will take their word that the anemone below is a LTA.
http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/images/invltpink.jpg

The question is my LFS has some anemone's that look exactly like the one in the pic above (long pink tentacles with white tips) but it is being sold as a RBTA w/ white tips. When BTA's get the long stringy tentacles I have a hard time telling them apart from LTA's.

What are the main differences to look for in defining each species?

By the way if you look at this pic you can see the verrucae(sp?) on the folds. Making the one in the picture a LTA.