kerrysroxy
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How do you tell which is which ?
Palys vs Zoas
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What's the difference between a paly and a protopaly??
I bought a nice colony of some huge colonial coral that was sold to me as a button polyp but when I checked zoaid.com/coralpedia.com...they look exactly like Green Palythoa Grandis and Green Implosion. Each of the polyps are about 1/2" to 3/4" round and are getting brighter by the day...in fact, some are turning bluish-white?
Don't know how to post pics but can someone explain if there is a difference between the commonly sold button polyp and a Green Palythoa Grandis?...are they the same thing? If not, how are they different since they look exactly the same.
thanks and sorry for hijacking the thread
I bought a nice colony of some huge colonial coral that was sold to me as a button polyp but when I checked zoaid.com/coralpedia.com...they look exactly like Green Palythoa Grandis and Green Implosion. Each of the polyps are about 1/2" to 3/4" round and are getting brighter by the day...in fact, some are turning bluish-white?
Don't know how to post pics but can someone explain if there is a difference between the commonly sold button polyp and a Green Palythoa Grandis?...are they the same thing? If not, how are they different since they look exactly the same.
thanks and sorry for hijacking the thread
Eklikewhoa
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I think they are all classified as the same.
Simply, Palythoa's take in grit into the coenenchyme (mat and stalks) and have a somewhat grain appearance. Zoanthus do not that the grit into their stalks, having a more smooth appearance. Many that are called paly's are actually Zoanthus. PE's started as a Protopaly (or Paly), but are classified as Zoanthus gigantus. Both are zoanthids, though. Zoanthid as a descriptor covers a range of corals in that family (Acrozoanthus, Isaurus, Neozoanthus, Zoanthus, Palythoa, Protopalythoa (which will likely be absorbed into Palythoa whenever they get around to it
), and Parazoanthus.
), and Parazoanthus.
Simply, Palythoa's take in grit into the coenenchyme (mat and stalks) and have a somewhat grain appearance. Zoanthus do not that the grit into their stalks, having a more smooth appearance. Many that are called paly's are actually Zoanthus. PE's started as a Protopaly (or Paly), but are classified as Zoanthus gigantus. Both are zoanthids, though. Zoanthid as a descriptor covers a range of corals in that family (Acrozoanthus, Isaurus, Neozoanthus, Zoanthus, Palythoa, Protopalythoa (which will likely be absorbed into Palythoa whenever they get around to it
I agree...great info. thanks!
