What is this creature?

[Mark Novack]

It is growing slowly and may or may not have been irritating a scolymia that was an inch away from it. It is beige, disc form with a short stalk foot and polyps all around its circumference. This is the best photo I have managed. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mark

 

[najer]

Do the polyps look like this, ignore that it is a branch form, yours could be a cabbage coral but I would need a clearer pic to be sure?

 

[Mark Novack]

I'm going to experiment with the camera.

 

[Mark Novack]

I think you're right. It looks like a baby sinularia dura looking at the tiny white objects that would make up its skeletal deposits. I'll keep watching it.

 

[RedFrog211]

+1 for cabbage coral. I have one, and it has the exact same polyps around the perimeter. I’m not home right now, but I can post a pic later, if needed!

 

[LegendaryCG]

resembles my ex wife.