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stevetcg
02/02/2010, 02:46 PM
A friend's tank cracked and he asked me to take what was left alive. One was this (I believe) LTA.

What breed is it?

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1113&pictureid=8835
ocellaris123
02/02/2010, 03:11 PM
I dont know what you mean by breed, but it is indeed a Long Tentacled Anemone (M. doreensis)
stevetcg
02/02/2010, 03:15 PM
Sorry if I am confused. I thought Crispa were also very similar looking and sometimes referred to as an LTA (which was all the info I was given)
davocean
02/02/2010, 03:35 PM
Actually I'm pretty certain that is a sebae(h. crispa)
LTA has a red foot.
How the heck did you get such a large photo on here?!LOL
davocean
02/02/2010, 03:38 PM
This pic shows the under side of my crispa, pretty much identical.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e141/mermail/chromiinSebae003.jpg
stevetcg
02/02/2010, 03:38 PM
The very base of the foot is red.

Large photo... by accident actually. There was some sort of error when I uploaded. :)
davocean
02/02/2010, 06:10 PM
OK, not seeing red foot I thought maybe mis ID'd.
This was my LTA showing foot(macrodactyla doreensis)

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e141/mermail/Brandnew180028.jpg
garygb
02/02/2010, 06:35 PM
If it has a reddish base, I would say LTA (Macrodactyla doreensis).
msman825
02/02/2010, 06:38 PM
wow that pic is huge looks like a crispa to me
elegance coral
02/02/2010, 07:14 PM
The original pic is M. doreensis. It's not crispa.
ReefAus
02/03/2010, 06:40 AM
So looking at the photo of the Crispa example, am I right in saying that Crispas have bumps (not sure of the technical term) down the column? Do they go all the way down or just around the underside of the disc?

Rgds

Steve
elegance coral
02/03/2010, 06:55 AM
The technical term is "verrucae". No, they don't go all the way down. Doreensis verrucae and arranged in obvious rows. Crispa verrucae are more random in placement.
Toddrtrex
02/03/2010, 02:20 PM
So looking at the photo of the Crispa example, am I right in saying that Crispas have bumps (not sure of the technical term) down the column? Do they go all the way down or just around the underside of the disc?

Rgds

Steve

The technical term is "verrucae". No, they don't go all the way down. Doreensis verrucae and arranged in obvious rows. Crispa verrucae are more random in placement.

Ignore the whole in the foot --- this shows the verrucae for a Doreensis.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/GLTA5_20.jpg
elegance coral
02/03/2010, 08:04 PM
Great shot Todd. Kinda hard to ignore the hole in the foot though. It looks like a rabbit.
Toddrtrex
02/03/2010, 08:06 PM
Great shot Todd. Kinda hard to ignore the hole in the foot though. It looks like a rabbit.

Holy cow, I have had the picture for years now, and never noticed that it looks like a rabbit, and it totally does.