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ChadTheSpike
12/08/2009, 07:47 PM
Anyone else have these 'flower' looking polyps on their lobos and know what they are?

Thanks!!

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=844&pictureid=4914
Kataro
12/08/2009, 08:03 PM
looks like some type of clove polyp? 8 arms
ChadTheSpike
12/08/2009, 08:45 PM
There are 8 or 9 of these on this coral and they seem to grow completely separately from one another... even up to several centimeters apart. Any guess as to a species or genus?
TwistedEnvy
12/08/2009, 10:59 PM
I dont think that they are cloves, the arms arent feathery. kind of cool though...
dan10342
12/08/2009, 11:02 PM
they are cloves...or perhaps brown star polyp??
OG GHOST
12/08/2009, 11:53 PM
they are cloves...or perhaps brown star polyp??

+2
ChadTheSpike
12/09/2009, 07:24 AM
I dont think that it is a brown star polyp (polyclavularia violacea) because there is no base 'mat' that they are growing from, the 8 or 9 polyps are separated by 1-5 cm. Also, there is no prominant center of a contrasting color.

Here is a picture of brown star polyps for comparison, any other ideas?

http://z.about.com/d/saltaquarium/1/0/1/9/jdillmangreenpolyps4_400.JPG