Can anyone ID this?

[50clay50]

Can anyone ID this? Kinda ugly but any idea what it is and what it’s worth…

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Could you please get a picture under white lights? The blue is way too dark to see anything in detail. From the last photo it either looks like waving hand anthelia, xenia, or Clove polyps.

 

[50clay50]

Here ya go

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Here ya go

That looks like anthelia. I've heard from a few people when you try to get rid of it, it smells horrible, so be prepared for that if you're trying to get rid of it.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Here ya go

For clarification here, is this coral encrusting on substrate in the tank or growing a skeleton of its own above the substrate to get that colony shape?

 

[50clay50]

For clarification here, is this coral encrusting on substrate in the tank or growing a skeleton of its own above the substrate to get that colony shape?

It creates its own Skeleton.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

It creates its own Skeleton.

Soft corals aren't a strong point of mine yet, but in that case, I would assume it's a gorgonian, possibly a Eunicea species knobby sea rod of some kind (but I definitely don't know for sure). Either way, I don't think Anthelia or most common softies in the hobby have skeleton like that.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

It creates its own Skeleton.

Then I have no idea what it is. Sorry

 

[twentyleagues]

I would guess its a gorgonian of some sort or maybe Briareum. Though I am uncertain on specific morphology I have seen it listed as a gorgonian or not, it is one with large polyps like the one you posted.

 

[OrchidMiss]

Soft corals aren't a strong point of mine yet, but in that case, I would assume it's a gorgonian, possibly a Eunicea species knobby sea rod of some kind (but I definitely don't know for sure). Either way, I don't think Anthelia or most common softies in the hobby have skeleton like that.

I agree with this

NSU Halmos College Octocoral Guide - Eunicea mammosa | South Florida Octocorals - Full Species List | Nova Southeastern University

Presented here are images of <em>Eunicea mammosa</em>, part of the Interactive Identification Guide to South Florida Octocorals sponsored by Nova Southeastern University's Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, the National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI), and the National Oceanic and...

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