Xenia or not?

[Oklahomareefer]

We have this coral in our tank and we are having a hard time IDing it. It is a veining coral that fully retracts into itself. They do not pulse but the wave beautifully in the current. We thought it was a xenia but not so sure. All xenias that we find pictures of are growing from a stalk. Ours look kind of like little palm trees. Like I said they do retract into themself and when closed they look like our button polyps. Any help would be great.

 

[coralsfriend]

Looks like wild pulsing xenia. If it opens and closes that is what it is for sure.

 

[pwhitby]

Its an Anthelia species.

Paul.

 

[camostore]

And like a xenia iif it takes off will take over your entire aquarium

 

[gh0st]

Agreed, Anthellia.

From the Xenia family, but doesn't pulse and grows individual polyps from a mat which encrust the rock.

Pulsing Xenias usually grow a stalk which then branches out into the polyps.

 

[cjdevito]

Its an Anthelia species.

Paul.

+1, anthelia glauca seems likely.