Zoa? Gonio? New species?

[Donovan Joannes]

Need help identifying this one. Thanks in advance.

 

[Roy 9121]

Kind of cool, whatever they are.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Kind of cool, whatever they are.

I love it but kind of stressful not knowing what it is :'(

 

[Roy 9121]

I love it but kind of stressful not knowing what it is :'(

It doesnt look like a zoanthid to me.

 

[KJ]

Look like some species of goniopora ( djiboutiensis? )

 

[Donovan Joannes]

It doesnt look like a zoanthid to me.

I thought so. Maybe somebody else will chime in. Kind of small at this moment to indentify this critter positively.

 

[Sabellafella]

I thought so. Maybe somebody else will chime in. Kind of small at this moment to indentify this critter positively.

Try retracting the polyps and take a photo. Very very cool indeed

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Look like some species of goniopora ( djiboutiensis? )

Some do say it's a gonio but I do have green and purple gonio and alveopora. Structure wise is doesn't look like gonio. Gonio and alveo has 24 or 12 petals, this guy somewhere around 18 or 20.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Try retracting the polyps and take a photo. Very very cool indeed

Will do once back at home

 

[Sabellafella]

Will do once back at home

It looks exactly like zoas, and exactly like a goni lol! Reason i ask, check to see if theres flesh or a skeleton. Maybe can get a positive id this way

 

[Donovan Joannes]

It looks exactly like zoas, and exactly like a goni lol! Reason i ask, check to see if theres flesh or a skeleton. Maybe can get a positive id this way

 

[Tahoe61]

I am a loss, non of the polyps heads I could count had 24 tentacles, which should be indicative of goniopora, non of the polyps had 12 either. Hmmmm, not going to be able to narrow down until you know if there is a skeletal structure.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

I am a loss, non of the polyps heads I could count had 24 tentacles, which should be indicative of goniopora, non of the polyps had 12 either. Hmmmm, not going to be able to narrow down until you know if there is a skeletal structure.

Exactly!. The only thing I know is I have lost almost 24 strands of hair trying to figure it out.

 

[FL-Reefer-addict352]

Looks like a zoas morph of some sort very cool

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Looks like a zoas morph of some sort very cool

I will let it grow a bit more. It is too small at this moment, probably 3 mm across. I did see another weird looking zoas or whatever it is (single head) in between small colony of confirmed zoas i recently bought. Will try to get a picture today

 

[Sabellafella]

Exactly!. The only thing I know is I have lost almost 24 strands of hair trying to figure it out.

Lolol oh man what a laugh

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Any chances that this green critter is a close cousin of Blue sheriken zoanthids?

 

[Donovan Joannes]

These are the best pictures when they are closed. Light response is super fast. A few second hit by flash light, they are halfway opened. Amazing creature!

 

[Donovan Joannes]

It does have the mat like appearances when closed, similar to zoas. No skeleton build up 100%.