Possible Hybrid Carpet Anemone

richdragon32 · 02/01/2021, 07:22 PM

Hey guys! Haven't posted in a while, but I do enjoying reading your posts. Anyways I wanted to share this anemone I've kept for 2 years now. I thought it was an S. gigantea at first, but now that's bigger and although it has some characteristics of a gigantea, it maybe possible it's a mix. What do you guys think?

humphreyhh · 02/01/2021, 09:38 PM

Looks like a gigantea to me. With maybe slightly shorter tentacles but not abnormally short.

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Jamie1210 · 02/05/2021, 11:33 PM

does it have a blue foot? blue verrucae?

richdragon32 · 02/06/2021, 02:30 AM

No verrucae. The base is smooth throughout. The length of the tentacles are also different sizes; a bit longer in the mouth area and the edges.

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Mikefallen13 · 02/09/2021, 12:17 PM

Definitely an interesting Stichodactyla! I've seen gigs that have both long and short tentacles but the lack of verrucae is puzzling. I wonder if anyone has done studies done on whether or not hybridization gigantea and haddoni is even a possibility. I'd lean toward it being an aberrant gigantea unless someone has shown hybrids are possible, I had a large tan gig a few years back that had very sparse verrucae (was actually sold as a haddoni, tentacles were quite short but I think it was due to stress) so maybe there are some individuals that show no verrucae? I guess at the end of the day, all anyone can do is speculate, unless genetic testing is done.

02/01/2021, 07:22 PM	#1
richdragon32 Frugal Reefer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA Posts: 1,048	Possible Hybrid Carpet Anemone Hey guys! Haven't posted in a while, but I do enjoying reading your posts. Anyways I wanted to share this anemone I've kept for 2 years now. I thought it was an S. gigantea at first, but now that's bigger and although it has some characteristics of a gigantea, it maybe possible it's a mix. What do you guys think? __________________ Trees give shade to everyone, even the ones who cut them down. -Confucius Current Tank Info: A lot. Last edited by richdragon32; 02/01/2021 at 07:41 PM. Reason: embeded video instead of a link

02/06/2021, 02:30 AM	#4
richdragon32 Frugal Reefer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA Posts: 1,048	No verrucae. The base is smooth throughout. The length of the tentacles are also different sizes; a bit longer in the mouth area and the edges. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ Trees give shade to everyone, even the ones who cut them down. -Confucius Current Tank Info: A lot.

02/09/2021, 12:17 PM	#5
Mikefallen13 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 150	Definitely an interesting Stichodactyla! I've seen gigs that have both long and short tentacles but the lack of verrucae is puzzling. I wonder if anyone has done studies done on whether or not hybridization gigantea and haddoni is even a possibility. I'd lean toward it being an aberrant gigantea unless someone has shown hybrids are possible, I had a large tan gig a few years back that had very sparse verrucae (was actually sold as a haddoni, tentacles were quite short but I think it was due to stress) so maybe there are some individuals that show no verrucae? I guess at the end of the day, all anyone can do is speculate, unless genetic testing is done. __________________ Thank you! Michael Fallen Current Tank Info: 55 Gallon Gorgonian/Softie Reef, 14 Gallon BioCube Last edited by Mikefallen13; 02/09/2021 at 12:26 PM.

02/01/2021, 09:38 PM	#2
humphreyhh Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 581	Looks like a gigantea to me. With maybe slightly shorter tentacles but not abnormally short. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

02/05/2021, 11:33 PM	#3
Jamie1210 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alhambra, CA Posts: 1,733	does it have a blue foot? blue verrucae?