Help me identify this coral.

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  1. TinFury

    TinFury Fire Shrimp

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    Anyone know what this is? It came in on a rock. Seems to burrow into the rock itself.

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    TinFury, Sep 14, 2007
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  2. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    Looks like a type of Discosoma sanctithomae (warty mushroom), a cousin to the ricordea.
     
    geekdafied, Sep 14, 2007
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  3. TinFury

    TinFury Fire Shrimp

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    I don't think it's a mushroom. The largest is about the size of...... a US 10 cent. when you touch them they retract into the hole that they live in/burrowed. The holes are pretty deep I think.
     
    TinFury, Sep 14, 2007
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  4. geekdafied

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    they are either shrooms or anemones.
     
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    geekdafied, Sep 14, 2007
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  5. Tangster

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    Majano / rock anemone of some type Nothing you would want in your tank unless you keep a racoon butterfly in there also.
     
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    Tangster, Sep 15, 2007
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  6. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    I agree with tangster, some kind of Majano / rock anemone. doesnt look that bad.
     
    lunatik_69, Sep 15, 2007
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