Coral ID | Is this a Blasto or a Chalice?

[W0terMoist]

Is this a blasto or a chalice. Picked this up from my local reef store today for $20. I saw it growing on a piece if dead plate coral hidden in the back of one of their display tanks. I think it looks really cool, can't wait for it to grow out. One picture is of it being open, the other is it closed some (turkey based it a little to see the encusting base).

 

[uhgster1]

Chalice, blastos have distinct polyps that inflate on the end of small stalks the two on the right are blastos

 

[W0terMoist]

Chalice, blastos have distinct polyps that inflate on the end of small stalks the two on the right are blastos

Thanks. I was thinking chalice was well. People at the store said it looked like a small blasto. But it has no skeleton to it that looks like a blasto. The heads on it are huge so I guess that's what fooled them.

 

[uhgster1]

Thanks. I was thinking chalice was well. People at the store said it looked like a small blasto. But it has no skeleton to it that looks like a blasto. The heads on it are huge so I guess that's what fooled them.

The tissue between the polyps is a dead giveaway. It’s what makes chalices cool. You got a really nice one, enjoy it.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

If it was "growing on a piece if dead plate coral", it could be baby plates.