Mystery Soft/Polyp Coral - ID?

[nvert]

Howdy!
Looking for ID on the colony of polyps in the pic. Day/Night always polyped out, soft mat...was labeled as "Blue Xenia" which I don't think is correct.

Thanks,
Brad

 

[Pickupman66]

looks like clove polyps to me. if you dont want them, you can ship them to..... LOL

 

[nvert]

I don't think they are cloves...the colony does not have some of the typical clove traits and even if they are "cloves", I'd like to determine the specific type anyhow.

Very small polyps, dense, octo-polyp lacking a "fringe" or "feather" look. The colony almost looks plastic!!

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Pretty! Looks like a neat color morph of clavularia. There's a picture in Borneman's Aquarium Corals book (pg 117) that resembles the polyps you have there.

 

[nvert]

I referenced the clavularia in Borneman's book too...similar but not convinced. The section at the end of his book discussing new discoveries has some leads.

Also, found a few pics of Sansiba that is also similar looking to what I have, just not sure...

 

[nvert]

Found something called "Sympodium". So far this image is the closest matching reference to my mystery colony.

 

[Rskillz]

Don't know, but they are awesome:bounce1:

 

[Alysiak00]

looks like galaxy to me

 

[nvert]

Galaxy is def another candidate.

Does anybody know or have what's being called Sympodium (link is three posts up)?

 

[nvert]

I'm convinced it's Sympodium...cousin to Xenia. Here's more info:

A RC thread no doubt!
http://www.reefcentral.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1849617

Another source is on RB .... /2010/07/26/sympodium/

 

[mscarpena]

I had some like that. They were maroon and green very pretty. They died off after a while, but were very neat and grew well for a while. I have no idea why they died off.

 

[julie180]

I'm convinced it's Sympodium...cousin to Xenia. Here's more info:

A RC thread no doubt!
http://www.reefcentral.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1849617

Another source is on RB .... /2010/07/26/sympodium/

Look at them side by side. The smypodium has frilly edges. Yours are smooth. What does it do when you touch it? It might be a gonipora.

 

[firerunner]

very pretty!

 

[Hormigaquatica]

It is not Galaxea or Goniopora- count the tentacles on each polyp. It's an octocoral- not a hexacoral- which means it has to be a softie.
As far as what softie... I dunno. I would have guessed Sympodium too, if not for the lack of pinnules. Pretty coral regardless.