Uncommon soft coral id

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Just wondering if anyone has seen one of these before and recall the species, it seems to be some sort of NPS with a pair of shrimps living on it, maybe a symbiosis relationship that could help with identification.



 
It has been collected from the ocean in the last few weeks. Am quite familiar with sinularia and can tell that it’s not it, it looks like a cross between a leather coral and a dendronephthya
 
While it look like kenyii tree, may be nepthia
 
My guess would be a Stereonepthya, but I've never seen one with that coloration.

While it look like kenyii tree, may be nepthia

sorry should of waited for the polyps to open, this coral doesn’t deflate like most soft corals do, it keeps the body structure similar to a leather coral. Unfortunately Kenya and stereonephya do deflate

 
Bumping it up as am out of ideas
 
It's a trade name or common name used for these type of soft corals...
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It's a trade name or common name used for these type of soft corals...
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Love that book, and appreciate you going out of your way to try and help unfortunately I am familiar with those species and can tell it’s something different.

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the description doesn’t match any I went trough the similar ones in your book also, the importer was scratching his head trying to figure it out also, they work with a vast amount of different soft corals on a daily basis. That’s why they offered it to me as they know this is my kind of thing. It’s definitely a NPS it doesn’t react to light. It doesn’t shrink only polyps close if disturbed.
 
K got a cpl more from another book! Lol. Can u tell I'm bored?
Stereonephtya
Chironenephtya


good luck in your search!
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It looks like it may be Chironenephtya, never heard of that coral before :)
 
litophyton is another i just saw but i think your on the right track with the polyps the way they are.
have a good night. Almost bed time. Lol.
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Will look at it now, thanks for the help
 
It’s Chironenephtya spend the hole of yesterdays reading a article on the coral and it looks a match, just need to see how long will it survive in home aquaria now
 

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