Need help on id???

tehawesome · 02/11/2011, 11:49 AM

I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I thought it might be a type of aiptasia. It has the same reaction as an anemone while feeding or if its harassed. Here are some pics, it is smaller than a dime.

I thought it could also be a type of paly
Any help would be good.

jlnielsen13 · 02/11/2011, 12:05 PM

Looks like a small flower anemone but since there is a small one underneath maybe it is a paly. Doesn't look like aiptasia at all.

tehawesome · 02/11/2011, 12:09 PM

Yea I have had it about 4 months now and its only got one other head. ill check when i get in to see if they are connected. It was a hitch hiker on the rock.

Elysia · 02/11/2011, 12:59 PM

Does it have a skeleton? Did the rock come from another hobbyist? It looks like a Duncans, but that would mean that it would have a skeleton, and it would be an odd live rock hitchhiker. Can you get a photo of it from the side?

cloak · 02/11/2011, 01:03 PM

I think it's just type of palythoa also. It looks like there's few others that are closed up at the moment on the lower part of the rock as well.

tehawesome · 02/11/2011, 01:54 PM

The ones that were closed up were pink zoas that didn't do well. I bought the LR from a fish store. When i get home ill turn the rock and try to get a couple more pics. It's very small and reacts very quickly to touch or food. A lot faster then my palys.

tehawesome · 02/11/2011, 02:00 PM

Lol I'll get a closed up pic after i poke them

tehawesome · 02/11/2011, 04:30 PM

Ok i just got in from work and started messing with it. Now i am convinced this is definitely not a palythoa or zoanthid. The smaller head next to it is independent and in no way attached. Also when i poke it, it completely draws up like a anemone. I took a pic of it drawn up.
Hope it helps in identifying :-)

cloak · 02/11/2011, 04:56 PM

You might want to try posting your picture in the zoanthid forum. I'm sure somebody has probably seen that, if not something similiar before. It's worth a shot.

tehawesome · 02/11/2011, 05:32 PM

Alright thanks for the advice I'll try that.

02/11/2011, 11:49 AM	#1
tehawesome Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 11	Need help on id??? I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I thought it might be a type of aiptasia. It has the same reaction as an anemone while feeding or if its harassed. Here are some pics, it is smaller than a dime. I thought it could also be a type of paly Any help would be good.

02/11/2011, 12:05 PM	#2
jlnielsen13 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 599	flower anemone Looks like a small flower anemone but since there is a small one underneath maybe it is a paly. Doesn't look like aiptasia at all.

02/11/2011, 12:09 PM	#3
tehawesome Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 11	Yea I have had it about 4 months now and its only got one other head. ill check when i get in to see if they are connected. It was a hitch hiker on the rock.

02/11/2011, 12:59 PM	#4
Elysia Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,718	Does it have a skeleton? Did the rock come from another hobbyist? It looks like a Duncans, but that would mean that it would have a skeleton, and it would be an odd live rock hitchhiker. Can you get a photo of it from the side?

02/11/2011, 01:03 PM	#5
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	I think it's just type of palythoa also. It looks like there's few others that are closed up at the moment on the lower part of the rock as well.

02/11/2011, 01:54 PM	#6
tehawesome Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 11	The ones that were closed up were pink zoas that didn't do well. I bought the LR from a fish store. When i get home ill turn the rock and try to get a couple more pics. It's very small and reacts very quickly to touch or food. A lot faster then my palys.

02/11/2011, 02:00 PM	#7
tehawesome Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 11	Lol I'll get a closed up pic after i poke them

02/11/2011, 04:30 PM	#8
tehawesome Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 11	Ok i just got in from work and started messing with it. Now i am convinced this is definitely not a palythoa or zoanthid. The smaller head next to it is independent and in no way attached. Also when i poke it, it completely draws up like a anemone. I took a pic of it drawn up. Hope it helps in identifying :-)

02/11/2011, 04:56 PM	#9
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	You might want to try posting your picture in the zoanthid forum. I'm sure somebody has probably seen that, if not something similiar before. It's worth a shot.

02/11/2011, 05:32 PM	#10
tehawesome Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 11	Alright thanks for the advice I'll try that.