Identification Help

[Peduncle72]

Can anyone tell me what this is?? It came on some liverock from my LFS. Light blue tentacles, pretty small, I put the plug in the picture so you would have an idea of size.




Thanks!

 

[cps68500]

?? antler anemone ???

 

[gweston]

Possibly Ball Anemones. They look like anemones, but are more related to mushrooms, I believe. I have a few, they tend to hang out in shadier spots. They sort of look like what is in your pic, though they can be different colors. Very small in size.

 

[Peduncle72]

Hmm, I thought they were a coral. The area surrounding the light blue tips is hard, like it grows a shell around it.

 

[Peduncle72]

If you notice from the picture, there are three of them together on this "head". One closest to the plug, one a little below that and to the left, and then the tentacles to the top and left...

 

[ohsweetmadness]

look up "cup coral" seems like this may be it... it's a common hitchhiker on live rockhttp://tbsaltwater.com/thepackage/organisms.html

 

[Peduncle72]

Looks like Cup Coral is the winner... It is actually very pretty, just really small... Thanks for the help and suggestions everyone. I know the pics were not terrific

 

[Peduncle72]

Hidden cup coral or Phyllangia Americana to be more precise. http://www.arkive.org/hidden-cup-coral/phyllangia-americana/#text=All Has anyone ever tried to frag one of these??