Is this a type of Goniopora?

[hani1314]

I realized afterwards that I should have made my post here.
I purchased a goniopora from a fellow reefer.
However, now that it is open it looks different than what I have seen before.

Someone thought it was a xenia but it does not pulse. It is also much larger than my pom pom xenias.

It is orangish in color down the center of each stalk.
When the actinic lights are on they glow on these lines.

Does anyone have any thoughts?

[aromano]

looks like 8 tentacles per polyp therefore some type of octocoral which i believe xenia falls into. Goni would have 24 tentacles I think. Does it have a hard skeleton?

[hani1314]

no hard skeleton. attached to live rock. If it is a xenia I am not sure what kind as it does not pulse and if different from the photos I see online.

[ajespo85]

looks like a type of xenia to me. xenias have no hard skeleton because they are a soft coral, they will attach to anything. Not all xenia pulse either, they are many kinds.

[cloak]

Anthelia?

[Ticky660]

Looks like some sort of Clavularia.

[Moort82]

Looks like some sort of Clavularia.

+1 see here http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+599+1604&pcatid=1604

[Zacktosterone]

I'm 99.9999% positive that's xenia, its too bunched up and the stocks are too long to be clavularia. Not spread out enough. Everything looks to branch out of itself unlike clavularia. The fingers of the coral look to short to be anthelia despite it's branching

[jgalen0025]

def xenia, you got ripped off

[Moort82]

I'm 99.9999% positive that's xenia, its too bunched up and the stocks are too long to be clavularia. Not spread out enough. Everything looks to branch out of itself unlike clavularia. The fingers of the coral look to short to be anthelia despite it's branching

I'm 99.99999% sure your wrong and that it is clavularia. The last pic makes it clear to me.

[kurt_n]

Well... it's definitely *not* Goniopora. Think we can all agree on that!

Agree that it's probably one of the many different varieties of Clavularia, or generic "Clove Polyps".

[Fish Ed]

It's clavularia. The first pic is already clear enough, can't you see that slight orangey tips? It's like what a papaya clavularia would have.

[Puffyluv]

Lolz, color does not prove species...but yes, 100% sure it is clavularia, also. :) Agreed that the last pic of it closed proved this beyond doubt.

[Fish Ed]

True, but none of the above have such features.

[hypostatic]

I'm 99.99999% sure your wrong and that it is clavularia. The last pic makes it clear to me.

+1. This is a clove polyp. 100% sure.