Unresolved Hitchhiker coral...what is it?

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by sarahg, Jan 29, 2012.

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  1. chelseagrin

    chelseagrin Fire Goby

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  3. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    The first picture is a Sun coral.Very common on Fla. LR.;)
     
  4. sarahg

    sarahg Plankton

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    Thanks, guys! We're still trying to nail it down. I really think it is a sun coral though seeing as it is Florida live rock. Upon further inspection, though, I noticed that there was an aiptaisia lingering right smack in the middle of the presumed sun coral looking thing. How nice of him to come out and play, right? lol I also see tendrils at the bottom of the polyps that kind of look like little sweeper tentacles, which would make sense since there's an aiptasia right in the middle. They're too short to tell if there's any sort of banding on them or not, though, so we'll just give it a bit and see.

    Any suggestions about the aiptasia? Thanks! Sarah
     
  5. doylef4i

    doylef4i Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Try googling great star coral.