Help ID this lps coral please

[Aquanic]

I got this coral over a year ago and it came as a mystery coral or in a bundle or something like that. But I’ve never known what it was and haven’t seen it for sale anywhere. It’s the green coral.

 

[glb]

Those are paly soft coral. They’re similar to zoas but bigger.

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Looks like nuclear green palythoa. I believe these have polytoxin in them so do be careful.

 

[Aquanic]

Those are paly soft coral. They’re similar to zoas but bigger.

There aren’t any stalks going to the polyps, meaning it isn’t a paly or zoa. It’s all one coral, not individual polyps. My guess would have been some sort or pagoda cup coral but I’m not sure if that’s what it is or not

 

[encrustingacro]

There aren’t any stalks going to the polyps, meaning it isn’t a paly or zoa. It’s all one coral, not individual polyps. My guess would have been some sort or pagoda cup coral but I’m not sure if that’s what it is or not

Palys and zoas when exposed to high enough light will lose their stalks. I have seen palys without stalks while snorkeling in hanauma bay.

 

[encrustingacro]

Those are paly soft coral. They’re similar to zoas but bigger.

Palythoas are not necessarily bigger than zoas. There are plenty of large polyped zoas, such as zoanthus vietnamensis, gigantus, and sociatus. Palythoas generally have thinner, spikier, tentacles, and incorporate substrate into their flesh.

 

[old salt reefer]

Those are paly soft coral. They’re similar to zoas but bigger.

And not a LPS coral

 

[fish farmer]

if it doesn't have a skeleton, then I'd say it's a paly. I've seen similar images of palys like that.

 

[Aquanic]

if it doesn't have a skeleton, then I'd say it's a paly. I've seen similar images of palys like that.

I guess we will find out for sure once it grows and i need to frag it lol

 

[Tired]

Can you get a better picture? I think it's a mat-forming paly in bright light, but it's possible it's a paly with something odd wrapped around the bases. Either way, that's a paly, and it's shaped like one of the toxic ones. Which means extra precautions are MANDATORY when fragging it.

(Probably someone will reply that they frag toxic palys without any particular precautions. Some people also catch venomous snakes with their bare hands. Doesn't make it a great idea.)

 

[Goaway]

Could be pagoda turbinaria.

 

[melonheadorion]

i would have to agree with the others. i think thats a paly, and not any type of LPS. hard to be sure with the angled pic and under blue lights, but it looks like a green paly to me.
the lack of a stalk wouldnt signify anything. i can show zoas/palys that have a long stalk, and another right next to it with no stalk

 

[Double monti 61]

Do not know but I do not think it is a palythoa.

 

[Goaway]

I got this coral over a year ago and it came as a mystery coral or in a bundle or something like that. But I’ve never known what it was and haven’t seen it for sale anywhere. It’s the green coral.

Never seen palythoa grow like this.

I've tried to nurse a dying cup coral back to life. It didn't work out. The tissue between polyps reminds me of pagoda.

 

[encrustingacro]

Could be pagoda turbinaria.

First of all, pagoda cup corals are duncanopsammia, not turbinaria. Second of all, pagoda cup corals' polyps are a little angled,

and the tentacles of this coral do not look like the tentacles of pagoda cups. The tentacles of pagoda cups stick out both to the front and to the side of the polyps, while this corals tentacles are only sticking out to the frontish sidish. This coral's tentacles are also thinner than a pagoda cup's tentacles.

 

[Goaway]

First of all, pagoda cup corals are duncanopsammia, not turbinaria. Second of all, pagoda cup corals' polyps are a little angled,

and the tentacles of this coral do not look like the tentacles of pagoda cups. The tentacles of pagoda cups stick out both to the front and to the side of the polyps, while this corals tentacles are only sticking out to the frontish sidish. This coral's tentacles are also thinner than a pagoda cup's tentacles.

First of all. There is skin on the ops coral. Palythoa doesn't have a mat like zoas. That also doesnt appear as a zoa mat. Secondly. The picture is a reference.

Here's more pictures of different pagoda species.




From his picture, looks like there's another.

 

[Aquanic]

First of all. There is skin on the ops coral. Palythoa doesn't have a mat like zoas. That also doesnt appear as a zoa mat. Secondly. The picture is a reference.

Here's more pictures of different pagoda species.




From his picture, looks like there's another.

I’ll get a better picture when I get back home. I’m almost leaning towards it being a paly of some sort. It just doesn’t look like any cup coral and it isn’t doing the pattern a cup coral should. I also didn’t know palyzoas didn’t have to have stalks, I just hadn’t heard of anything like an encrusting palyzoa.
The coral to the left in the picture is a recovering devils hand leather that was just fragged.

 

[Goaway]

I’ll get a better picture when I get back home. I’m almost leaning towards it being a paly of some sort. It just doesn’t look like any cup coral and it isn’t doing the pattern a cup coral should. I also didn’t know palyzoas didn’t have to have stalks, I just hadn’t heard of anything like an encrusting palyzoa.
The coral to the left in the picture is a recovering devils hand leather that was just fragged.

I don't know what the coral is, I was just giving you some things to compare too. If it looks like a palythoa to you, it probably is.

A close up of the coral and base under white lights would help though.

 

[encrustingacro]

First of all. There is skin on the ops coral. Palythoa doesn't have a mat like zoas. That also doesnt appear as a zoa mat. Secondly. The picture is a reference.

Here's more pictures of different pagoda species.




From his picture, looks like there's another.

Actually, some palythoa can grow like mats. I have seen them do so while snorkeling in hanauma bay. There is also only one pagoda cup species, which is duncanopsammia peltata. You can also see the inside of the polyps of this coral are cup shaped, while the inside of the polyps of pagoda cups are flat. Also, I think that is an duncan axifuga on the first picture, not a peltata.

 

[Aquanic]

I don't know what the coral is, I was just giving you some things to compare too. If it looks like a palythoa to you, it probably is.

A close up of the coral and base under white lights would help though.

I don’t know either. It doesn’t look like any kind of palythoa or zoa I’ve ever seen.