Is this Anthelia or something else?

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  1. ScorpD

    ScorpD Astrea Snail

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    My wife picked this up at our LFS yesterday, but didn't remember the name of it. The tentacles were retracted completely when we first got it.

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  2. dimpthepimp

    dimpthepimp Bristle Worm

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    Looks like brown star polyps to me.
     
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  3. Ryan Duchatel

    Ryan Duchatel Millepora

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    Its an Anthelia. Definately.
     
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  4. ScorpD

    ScorpD Astrea Snail

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    I know you can't tell from the pic but they are actually pink not brown and when it's closed up it just looks like a bumpy piece of coralline covered rock.
     
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  5. grinder37

    grinder37 Whip-Lash Squid

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    Those are pink/brown star polyps not anthelia

    1st pic is star polyps,2nd is anthelia aka waving hands coral
     

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  6. ScorpD

    ScorpD Astrea Snail

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    They definitely look like the first pic you posted.

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  7. Moby Duck

    Moby Duck Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Agreed, def look like star polyps
     
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