New Mini Gigantea?

[ponokareefer]

I got a new tiny carpet anemone today. The store said they had never seen one this small before. The manager said it bleached during shipping, but over the last 2 weeks, it started to get some green back into into it. It's hard to make out any green in the photo. I wasn't sure what it was, but it has the spots on its underside. It's pretty sticky right now. What is the determining factor in determing what type of anemone this is at this size?

It's about 2.5 inches across. Mouth was closed tight at the store. I got Cipro in case it starts to go downhill.

 

[ponokareefer]

Is it a possibility that this is a Stichodactyla Helianthus?

 

[Winwood]

My guess is helianthus.

 

[OrionN]

Sorry to rain on your parade, I think it is a S. helianthus also. Gigantea have a lot more folds on the oral disk.
Take a picture of the column, It is much easier to tell from the column

 

[ponokareefer]

Thank you Winwood and Minh for help ID'ing this.

I've compared the underside to pictures of the gigantea and the Altantic, and it is definitely an Atlantic. I've contacted the LFS who sold it to me as a gigantea to see what they will do for me as I don't want an Atlantic anemone. From what I've read, they are worse than Haddoni's for eating fish, and don't host clowns. It sounds like they host a lot of different invertabrates, including sexy shrimp. Has anyone kept one of these long term before as a host to interesting invertebrates?

 

[ponokareefer]

The LFS was nice enough to exchange it straight up for a striped green Haddoni of the same size. They are still convinced that this one is a bleached gigantea, so I'm guessing someone else will buy it expecting the same thing unless they have more knowledge than I did.

 

[D-Nak]

Ouch, doesn't sound like a store I'd want to shop at.