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There aren’t any stalks going to the polyps, meaning it isn’t a paly or zoa. It’s all one coral, not individual polyps. My guess would have been some sort or pagoda cup coral but I’m not sure if that’s what it is or notThose are paly soft coral. They’re similar to zoas but bigger.
Palys and zoas when exposed to high enough light will lose their stalks. I have seen palys without stalks while snorkeling in hanauma bay.There aren’t any stalks going to the polyps, meaning it isn’t a paly or zoa. It’s all one coral, not individual polyps. My guess would have been some sort or pagoda cup coral but I’m not sure if that’s what it is or not
Palythoas are not necessarily bigger than zoas. There are plenty of large polyped zoas, such as zoanthus vietnamensis, gigantus, and sociatus. Palythoas generally have thinner, spikier, tentacles, and incorporate substrate into their flesh.Those are paly soft coral. They’re similar to zoas but bigger.
And not a LPS coralThose are paly soft coral. They’re similar to zoas but bigger.
I guess we will find out for sure once it grows and i need to frag it lolif it doesn't have a skeleton, then I'd say it's a paly. I've seen similar images of palys like that.
Never seen palythoa grow like this.
First of all, pagoda cup corals are duncanopsammia, not turbinaria. Second of all, pagoda cup corals' polyps are a little angled,Could be pagoda turbinaria.
First of all. There is skin on the ops coral. Palythoa doesn't have a mat like zoas. That also doesnt appear as a zoa mat. Secondly. The picture is a reference.First of all, pagoda cup corals are duncanopsammia, not turbinaria. Second of all, pagoda cup corals' polyps are a little angled,
and the tentacles of this coral do not look like the tentacles of pagoda cups. The tentacles of pagoda cups stick out both to the front and to the side of the polyps, while this corals tentacles are only sticking out to the frontish sidish. This coral's tentacles are also thinner than a pagoda cup's tentacles.
I’ll get a better picture when I get back home. I’m almost leaning towards it being a paly of some sort. It just doesn’t look like any cup coral and it isn’t doing the pattern a cup coral should. I also didn’t know palyzoas didn’t have to have stalks, I just hadn’t heard of anything like an encrusting palyzoa.
I don't know what the coral is, I was just giving you some things to compare too. If it looks like a palythoa to you, it probably is.I’ll get a better picture when I get back home. I’m almost leaning towards it being a paly of some sort. It just doesn’t look like any cup coral and it isn’t doing the pattern a cup coral should. I also didn’t know palyzoas didn’t have to have stalks, I just hadn’t heard of anything like an encrusting palyzoa.
The coral to the left in the picture is a recovering devils hand leather that was just fragged.
Actually, some palythoa can grow like mats. I have seen them do so while snorkeling in hanauma bay. There is also only one pagoda cup species, which is duncanopsammia peltata. You can also see the inside of the polyps of this coral are cup shaped, while the inside of the polyps of pagoda cups are flat. Also, I think that is an duncan axifuga on the first picture, not a peltata.
I don’t know either. It doesn’t look like any kind of palythoa or zoa I’ve ever seen.I don't know what the coral is, I was just giving you some things to compare too. If it looks like a palythoa to you, it probably is.
A close up of the coral and base under white lights would help though.