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

https://nsuworks.nova.edu/octocoral_e_mammosa/