Anyone know what this is?

[aurora.k]

 

[mta_morrow]

I see a lot of things in this pic. What in particular are you asking about?

 

[aurora.k]

The coral right in the middle that looks like a stalk of flowers.

 

[mta_morrow]

Ok. I know some of the others but unsure of that one.

Let’s see what anybody else says. A pic with a bit less blue may help.

 

[Joshua2598]

Weird coral. I want to know what it is

 

[Gareth elliott]

Type of Tubipora?

 

[cristata.reef]

Most likely a alcyoniid or some sort of gorgonian. I'd also like to see a pic with white light

 

[mta_morrow]

White light pic may help.

Let’s get some experts cause I want to know too!

#reefsquad

 

[Crabs McJones]

Caulerpa peltata?

 

[Dsnakes]

I’m not sure which we are supposed to look at for sure, but I think I see toadstool, torch, and clove polyps.

 

[Ranjib]

its kinda worm. I have them as well, they are very similar to the tiny feather dusters, except they occur in groups and they dont have circular base like other feather dusters, just the straight hard stalk and then the crown like thing. I am not sure they are worm, but I think they are not coral

 

[jsker]

I’m not sure which we are supposed to look at for sure, but I think I see toadstool, torch, and clove polyps.

clove polyp

 

[cristata.reef]

its kinda worm. I have them as well, they are very similar to the tiny feather dusters, except they occur in groups and they dont have circular base like other feather dusters, just the straight hard stalk and then the crown like thing. I am not sure they are worm, but I think they are not coral

Are you referring to micro cluster dusters? The colony of tiny white tubes with red crowns?

 

[Ranjib]

Are you referring to micro cluster dusters? The colony of tiny white tubes with red crowns?

yeah

 

[cristata.reef]

I doubt it since the crowns aren't bioluminescent which would indicate that these are polyps. I think it's a soft coral of some sorts

 

[User1]

Pass by me. However, I did want to add that it helps to direct people with a visual marker on the item in question for ID. Unless it is obvious which of course some of us will still miss (me )

 

[Stevenlburton]

+1 on marker

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like clove or alveopora

 

[Hans-Werner]

To be honest I do not really have any idea what it is but to me it doesn´t look like a coral. A coral should have recognizable tentakles. I guess it could be some kind of alga. If it is a cnidarian the stalk and the branching look more like a hydroid than like a coral.

 

[samnaz]

a pic with the whites on is the best way to get a definitive identification.

I agree with the above, the branching all throughout the stalk is what leads me to believe this isn't a clove poylp. It does look like a giant glowing hydroid... it could be a gorgonian? I don't think it's a worm, or algae, or hydroids or clove polyps... but who knows. Turn up the whites for a sec and snap a pic so we can get to the bottom of this.