Coral ID

[Letmegrow]

It's a soft coral. Probly a xenid, can anyone tell me the Genus and species ? Or atleast a better common name than "sand polyp" ?

--- Nevermind I can't get the photo to work, I will post it later.

 

[Letmegrow]

 

[soyadrink]

Looks like clove poylps, I'm not good with scientific names though

 

[chend2]

Atlantic blue clove polyps. Great stuff, I have a ton of it!

 

[Letmegrow]

I will accept that they are in the clove family, but they are TINY. No where near the size of a daisy/clove polyp. They are about the size of the mouth of a typical clove.

 

[amashun]

these are octocoral, i can't recall its scientific name either. very common hitchhiker in OZ.

 

[Letmegrow]

Amashun, they were indeed hitch hickers, I have several variaties, these being the most attractive.

 

[Dr. Dee]

They almost look like these but I don't know the scientific name.

 

[Curtswearing]

Steve,

What type of rock did it come in on? Or is it just something that grew at Gateway Aquatics so we'll never be able to trace it?

Looks like it could possibly be Sansibia too.

 

[Letmegrow]

Most like a yellow fiji leather.

 

[Letmegrow]

Over the choice of Cespitularia I will call this stuff "Sansibia".
Sansibia was on the tip of my tounge but wanted to call it sensimilla, I know that wasn't it.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

I have a rock of that stuff too (which I posted about here: http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39742)

Sansibia it is. If it's not Sansibia, then it's some type of Anthelia since it doesn't fully retract, but like you said... the polyps are really tiny. It's definitely not Cespitularia - there's only one polyp per stalk with the one you show.

 

[Maxx]

Over the choice of Cespitularia I will call this stuff "Sansibia".
Sansibia was on the tip of my tounge but wanted to call it sensimilla, I know that wasn't it.

Sensamilla is something different....

Nick

 

[Coral Ranch]

It looks like the coral in Julian sprungs book under new finds he called a mystery coral

 

[gas4544]

Sensamilla is something different....

Nick

Yeah, but its still a term known to reefers...

 

[danno14]

wanted to call it sensimilla

hopefully you can tell the difference when looking at it in the baggie.

Oh, I forgot- "officer, it just started growing there on its own!"

 

[Maxx]

yeah, that doesnt work too well though. I have a hard time believing anyone who says it just started growing there on its own when its dried, and wrapped in several bundles in seperate baggies for individual sale.



Nick

 

[amashun]

possible Stolonifera sp.?