purple carpet haddoni or gigantea?

[MIKE ALERS]

i recently purchased a purple carpet and im wondering if it's a gigantea or haddoni?

 

[Toddrtrex]

Pictures would help

 

[Slakker]

We need much more information than its color to identify it.

 

[MIKE ALERS]

here's some pics...sorry about that.

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[Toddrtrex]

I am sure that it isn't a Haddoni.

As for a gigantea... not too sure, don't have enough experience with them. So with that said, it might not be one of those either.

 

[MIKE ALERS]

somebody told me it could be a magnifica.im not so good on id's.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Not like any mag that I've ever seen.

I am almost wondering about a malu or sebea

I am good on IDs with the ones that I have experience with, so I feel good saying it isn't an LTA, BTA or Haddoni.

 

[MIKE ALERS]

im leaning more towards gigantea.but then again im not that experienced.may be somebody else could take a crack at it.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I hope someone else will chime in too.

The reason I wasn't thinking a gigantea was because it appears that it has buried its foot in the sandbed from my understanding they prefer to be on the rocks.

 

[ATX aquarist]

looks like a sebae to me

 

[JetCat USA]

Stichodactyla gigantea IMO

 

[SVXH6]

H. Malu, or H. Crispa.. doesnt look like any type of carpet.. a pic of the underside of the oral disc will give a better id..

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10947602#post10947602 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SVXH6
a pic of the underside of the oral disc will give a better id..

ditto.

 

[Sangogo]

looks like the usual purple tipped sebae you see sold here.

 

[Flamehawk]

I would say malu imho

 

[Sangogo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10948119#post10948119 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Flamehawk
I would say malu imho

I'm somewhat confused since it seems like there are so many English terms used interchangeably, while we have fewer terms in Japanese. Aren't malu also referred to as "sebae?"

I've seen malu and crispa referred to as "sebae", but I don't know if this is incorrect or not.

 

[marc price]

"sebae" is the common name used to describe both of those anemones. heteractis crispa and heteractis malu are the scientific names. heteractis is the genus, crispa and malu refer to the species.

 

[Scuba 58]

Nice

 

[Lance M.]

Like everyone asked before a picture of the underside/ verrucae would help.

If I had to guess I'd say H. malu.

 

[GSMguy]

Malu or hungry crispa.