What is this? Coral or nem?

MarkaRagnos

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Is this a larval coral or ball anemone. This is on the backside of my trachy. This trachy has four mouths so it’s not new that all I know lol. It had another trachy next to it. On same piece way before i got it. Could this possibly be a larval trachy??? It formed on the epicenter of the radial lines going outward. I’m super hopeful although I shouldn’t be

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I'm guessing it's a ball anemone. They are not really anemones, they are corallimorphs, which is the same order that discosoma, ricordea, and rhodactis are in.
 

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+1 on ball anemone. The ones I have in my tank look a little different than this, but a google search shows one that looks the exact same as yours in the first image
 

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Its a ball anemone and although called anemone is actually a mushroom and comes in colors. Due to the tentacles with ball tips is given its name. Harmless specimen
 

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