help with ID

[xxbowiexx]

I'm not sure where to place this ID thread...I tried it in the beginner's forum with no success. Perhaps you guys can help me out.

1)the name of this button polyps
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bowie4583/Salt%20Water%20Aquarium/9ee18780.jpg

2)name of this mushroom
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bowie4583/Salt%20Water%20Aquarium/ac52893e.jpg

3)i have no idea what this is, the mother colony shaped like an artichoke. Could it be a frag of a green cauliflower coral?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bowie4583/Salt%20Water%20Aquarium/ee3b8bc4.jpg

4)the name of this zooanthids
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bowie4583/Salt%20Water%20Aquarium/98ca1f32.jpg

5)umbrella mushroom?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bowie4583/Salt%20Water%20Aquarium/DSC_1175.jpg

6)montipora digitata?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bowie4583/Salt%20Water%20Aquarium/DSC_1166.jpg

7)i thought it's a kenya tree but it look different than my other kenya tree
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bowie4583/Salt%20Water%20Aquarium/DSC_1155.jpg

8)specific name of these zoanthids
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bowie4583/Salt%20Water%20Aquarium/d322597a.jpg

9)specific name of this zoanthids
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bowie4583/Salt%20Water%20Aquarium/6d44fa38.jpg

[rick rottet]

getting down to "specific names" is, more often than not, darn near impossible.
if you are looking for "common names", those names might be different in different parts of the country, or different parts of the world. common names are typically something that someone just made up, and it has kinda stuck.
if you are looking for actual genus and species, that can be even tougher because so many corals can look just like the others (like when you get into the zoanthidae family for example).
having said all of that, here's my guesses lol

1) maybe Protopalythoa, maybe Zoanthus, maybe other ?
2) need a better shot, but maybe Rhodactis, maybe Discosoma, maybe other ?
3) maybe Galaxia ?
4) probabyl Zoanthus sp
5) yeah, mushroom, most likely from the Actinodiscus genus
6) i think you're probably right on that one (one of the few that is fairly easy to identify to species level)
7) i think you're probably right on that one too. maybe it is just much younger than your other one, or maybe it is stressed for some reason, or maybe it is getting acclimated to new lighting
8) maybe zoanthus, unless those are tiny cup-shaped skeltons under the polyps, then it could be all kinds of different corals.
9) probabyl Zoanthus.

many times, it is just as effective to just use the color and/or shape of the coral. like saying "purple zo's" or "green branching leather" .... using fancy common names (IMO) is just a way to jack up prices and make things seem more valuable than they really are.

[xxbowiexx]

Thank you for taking the time to help me ID these. i really appreciate it.