Help on ID. Looks like zoa but not aiptasia?

[rueric]

Not sure what this is. Doesn’t have long tentacles like an aiptasia, resembles a small zoa, but.. there shouldn’t be any there? Rock was received from KP aquatics

 

[ryanjohn1]

Sure looks like a zoa head

 

[ryanjohn1]

How bout white like picture

 

[rueric]

How bout white like picture

 

[ryanjohn1]

Still very blue. Is the body part of the thing clear?

 

[KrisReef]

I got some zoa's on live rock but mine were ugly grey/green monsters. I know there are zoas in the Caribbean so there ya go,

 

[bradleym]

Following, very interesting. Doesn't look like enough tentacles to be your average zoa, but hard to tell without a better focused image

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Shine a flashlight on the rock and then take a picture. Did you look at the TBS hitchhiker page to see if you can identify it from there?

 

[rueric]

here’s an updated picture.. it’s getting bigger..

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I ask again - Did you look at the TBS or KPA hitchhiker page to see if you can identify it from there?

 

[rueric]

I ask again - Did you look at the TBS or KPA hitchhiker page to see if you can identify it from there?

Yes, I did look through it but didn't see anything that looked similar

 

[shanzfish]

Almost looks like a baby rock flower anemone

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yes, I did look through it but didn't see anything that looked similar

It doesn't appear to be a pest... Hopefully someone can positively ID it.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Can you post a clearer photo? About what size is it now? Does it retract at all when disturbed? Can you see a skeleton at all?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Interestingly, there's another thread with a similar critter...

Anyone know what this is?

Been watching this since I got the live rock from gulf live rock. When I first saw it, it was about the size of a pencil eraser now is almost dime size. Best picture I could get for now. Lights are about go out for the night.

www.reef2reef.com

 

[rueric]

Can you post a clearer photo? About what size is it now? Does it retract at all when disturbed? Can you see a skeleton at all?

Here’s another picture.
I went to poke it and it retracted all the way into the rock.
Currently, I would say it’s the size of a fat zoa polyp

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Might be a hidden cup coral.

 

[steveschuerger]

Here’s another picture.
I went to poke it and it retracted all the way into the rock.
Currently, I would say it’s the size of a fat zoa polyp

Not a Zoa if it retracted all the way into the rock . I say possible Majano nems. Pest.

 

[steveschuerger]

Might be a hidden cup coral.

Nah, I’ve had those in the past. This looks too soft bodied. Hidden cups have small well defined stony pores that they live in. This one I had on live rock a few years ago .

 

[rueric]

Looks more like a rock nem then a majano nem but the lack of a skeletal base says otherwise..