coral id help?

[hobogato]

ok, i got this as a hitchhiker on another coral and cant figure out what it is. it looks like a tiny polyp sun coral with long clear tentacles. i was thinking olanidae on the family, but couldnt find anything.

this whole colony is about half the size of a golf ball

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/DSC06216.jpg

[hobogato]

is it just a weird galaxia?

[Europhyllia]

could it be a Phyllangia americana (hidden cup coral)?

[jalanblankenship]

Corynactis or pseudocorynactis?

[ErikH]

Rhizo..?

[Europhyllia]

Rhizo..?
seems way too small and round, doesn't it?

[corruption]

I doubt corynactis or pseudocorynactis -- too colonial, and appears to have a rigid structure... if they're soft though, it could be..

Definitely not rhizo tho :)

-Justin

[rocketeer]

I was thinking Phyllangia too but it's probably too small. Maybe a species of Oculina like Oculina diffusa. I had stuff like it come in on Florida aquacultured live rock. It didn't stay alive long for me. Probably azooxanthellate.

Or maybe Cladocora arbuscula.

Both are pictured here:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/5/aafeature1

Ace, you're usually answering the questions!

Jack

[Europhyllia]

Jack, the Florida liverock is where I had gotten stuff like that as well hence Phyllangia was my first guess.
Maybe it would help to narrow it down if we knew where Ace's coral was collected?

[JoshOdphi]

yea...i collected a rock of the coast of Florida which had what looked exactly like this except bleach white in color....anways...i put it in my 3 gal deco and a few days later its polyps came out...pretty neat...imma tag along see if anyone can id this....

[Aqua-Dome]

Cladocora (if it is an Atlantic piece)

[hobogato]

yep, it was on the bottom of a carribean sponge - i think you are right with cladocora. thanks!