Zia/Paly ID

[Trenton Henderson]

Can someone tell me what they think these are? My best guess is a strain of Red People Eater Palys. They have slightly green mouth.

 

[encrustingacro]

Those are Zoanthus (gigantus or vietnamensis), not Palythoa. Also, Red People Eaters are commonly mislabeled as Palythoa, but are actually a large-polyp Zoanthus species, probably Zoanthus gigantus.

 

[Trenton Henderson]

Those are Zoanthus (gigantus or vietnamensis), not Palythoa. Also, Red People Eaters are commonly mislabeled as Palythoa, but are actually a large-polyp Zoanthus species, probably Zoanthus gigantus.

So are red people eaters zoanthus?

 

[encrustingacro]

So are red people eaters zoanthus?

Yes, specifically Z. gigantus