Whatzit?

[Anonymous]

I moved a zoa frag and underneath I found an anemone-looking critter that I don't recall seeing before. It's tiny. For an idea of scale there's the closed zoa colony in the left side of the picture which was on the 'up' side of the piece of liverock. The foot is bright pink, and the ends of the tentacles are white. I turned it up towards the light and it's expanding with the top flattening out. Any clue as to what it is? Isn't aptasia or majano...

 

[Anonymous]

Pictures kind of small but at the moment I'd say a species of Corynactis spp.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

Attached a bigger one I took with the flash, again look at the zoas for scale. That's the best macro shot I can get, I needs me a macro lens. I guess I'll let it grow before I decide to nuke it offhand.

 

[Anonymous]

Since you found it underneath the rock and it doesn't retract from the light I would say a species of Pseudocorynactis.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

I like the green color on the tip! 8)

I will bid $181.01 on it if you put it on eBay.... :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Since you found it underneath the rock and it doesn't retract from the light I would say a species of Pseudocorynactis.

Regards,
David Mohr

Which would be a really cool hitchhiker. 8)

 

[Anonymous]

I don't know what it is, but it's purdy.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

Since you found it underneath the rock and it doesn't retract from the light I would say a species of Pseudocorynactis.

Regards,
David Mohr

Which would be a really cool hitchhiker. 8)

Well sorta. When they get bigger they can eat ornamental shrimp and small fish. It's best to target feed them meaty foods twice a week.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

We'll see what it grows out to be. If Dave M is correct as usual and it is a Pseudocorynactis sp. then it'll have to get traded to the LFS. Today, those tentacles have retracted and for all the world it looks like a bleached ricordia or similar....shrug.

 

[Anonymous]

Ah shucks. Surely that's worth a few gobies!

 

[Anonymous]

I agree with Dave. I have some small ones here and there that look similar and they do not bother anything from what I have seen.

 

[Anonymous]

Definitely Pseudocorynactis sp.

My boss took a great picture of a very large individual in PI, nice and bright red and orange. I think most of them stay small and clear like this one.

 

[Anonymous]

10 days later it seems to be splitting 8O