Furry Coral ID

[NanJ]

We were told the coral at the top of the video is a Platygera but I didn't see any photos online of Platygera with tentacles like this. The "body" is light green and the furry tentacles are brown. Overall it is probably 4-5" across. Its movement is very appealing and we are happy we have - but would like to know what it is!

 

[fishguy242]

HI,can you post a couple of still pics,poss close to closed up,and open, :)

 

[sixty_reefer]

Possible a furry mushroom

 

[fishguy242]

i'm thinking in hydno family???

 

[homer1475]

Looks like a duncan to me.

 

[CCauthers]

interesting, i'm almost leaning towards a kind of hydno as well. closed up pictures and close ups will help tremendously

 

[homer1475]

We are all looking at the same brown and green coral in the center of the vid?

Agreed though, we need a pic of the tentacles closed up, and a little closer would help.

 

[NanJ]

Thanks for looking at the video. I googled images of Hydnophora and agree with you. Jason Fox and WWC show frags that are similar. Some Hydnophora are branching and some are encrusting. Ours looks like a puffy, round pillow. When I googled images I came up with a R2R link of a member asking the same question. Posts 7 and 15 show photos that look like our coral.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/trying-to-identify-this-coral.351356/post-4374283
Hydnophora it is!
Thanks