Polysomatic Ric

J. Montgomery · Feb 18, 2008

This is yet another coral I'm holding for a local who suffered a tank crash. It's three ricordea polyps, all of which have multiple mouths. This one has the most with six! I thought anything more than two was bizarre, so I wanted to share.

salt newbie01 · Feb 18, 2008

Very cool looking piece! Has it been that way long? I had one that had 2 mouths for like 3-4 months - and it is finally splitting. Anyway, very cool pic!!

J. Montgomery · Feb 18, 2008

I've only been holding it for a few weeks, but it's looked like that the whole time. The other visible polyp has two mouths, and a third polyp not pictured has four mouths.

Azurel · Feb 18, 2008

I have one right now that is 6 mouths and is about 4 inches long......

fishes2889 · Feb 18, 2008

so awesome, i just wish they would stay like that forever...i wish i would stop cutting them...:)

Azurel · Feb 20, 2008

Here is a pic of my new one....It is a pinkish lavender color...

Coral Morphologic · May 17, 2008

We sold a 10 mouth canary yellow ricordea florida a couple months ago. Most mouths I've ever seen on one polyp. At $100, it sold within hours of being put up on the our site.