Coral I D yet again

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  1. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    This is a hitchhiker(freebie)... Some sort of LPS, originaly thought it was some kind of mussa, but this has a skirt/tentacles. First pic, I purposly ticked it off so you could see the skeleton of it, second pic shows the skirt/tentacles. There is also some epizoanthus in the pic so you can get an idea of the size of these things. They are tiny, 1/4".

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  2. baugherb

    baugherb Giant Squid

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    let me get back to you on that one!!!lol
     
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  3. pwoller

    pwoller Spaghetti Worm

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    Mail it to me, I will ID it and maybe send it back.
     
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  4. geekdafied

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    I found it this morning... Leptastrea pruinosa
     
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  5. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    looks like a blastomussa
     
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  6. geekdafied

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    same family but a heck of a lot smaller... do a image search on Leptastrea pruinosa. blasto's also dont have the tentacles like that.
     
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  7. geekdafied

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    this is also encrusting...
     
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  8. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    I have two of those and was told they are blastos
     
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  9. baugherb

    baugherb Giant Squid

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    geekdiesel has the goods>>>>
     
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  10. geekdafied

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    Blasto wellsi polyps are like quarter sized and merletti are dime sized. These are smaller, the smaller then the small polyped zoa's. like 1/4" sized.
     
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