What is this coral

[noobreefer2]

I think green nepthea but i could be wrong

 

[kevgib67]

I think you will get a faster answer if you provide pictures under white light or take another picture with a flashlight shining on it.

 

[noobreefer2]

 

[kevgib67]

Much better! I could have suggested pectinia under blues, clearly not under whites. Hard for me to tell without the polyp extension and I would only be guessing. I’m sure some nephthia owners will chime in. Keep bumping this post and you’ll get your answer.

 

[Labridaedicted]

Looks like green sinularia to me.

 

[noobreefer2]

do you think the polyps will become more pronounced as it grows?

 

[i cant think]

Plus one to Green Sin, they have some very obvious growth once extended (height wise), IME the polyps don’t actually extend all that far on Sinularias but instead the Polyp extention we think of with leathers is seen much more often with Sarcophyton species.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Sclerophytum, not Sinularia. Sinularia are cabbage leathers.

 

[noobreefer2]

Sclerophytum, not Sinularia. Sinularia are cabbage leathers.

is this the coral you Are talking about: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342624?

 

[noobreefer2]

i cant find much info otherwise, do you have any example pics of it in captivity?

 

[thamnasteroid]

About a year ago, all Sinularia species (except S. brassica) were reclassified to Sclerophytum, which is probably why you can't find much on it.