Uncommon soft coral id

[sixty_reefer]

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.

 

[Timfish]

My guess is one of the Sinularia sp brown fingers that's been growing in low light.

 

[sixty_reefer]

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

 

[Steve and his Animals]

My guess would be a Stereonepthya, but I've never seen one with that coloration.

 

[vetteguy53081]

While it look like kenyii tree, may be nepthia

 

[sixty_reefer]

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

 

[sixty_reefer]

Bumping it up as am out of ideas

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Fire.coral.
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[sixty_reefer]

Fire.coral.
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Thank you, the skeleton is more of a leather coral unfortunately and it doesn’t sting to touch.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

It's a trade name or common name used for these type of soft corals...
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

U have one of these 2
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

When scuba divers mention fire coral.or Elkhorn yes they are talking about large stony colonies of milli.
I'm talking about soft fire corals like carnations. Ect.
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

They are usually non photosynthetic and require addition feedings
Look up Chilli corals. Soft fire coral.
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[sixty_reefer]

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.

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.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

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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[sixty_reefer]

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

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

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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[sixty_reefer]

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

 

[sixty_reefer]

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