Is this a type of Goniopora?

hani1314 · 01/27/2015, 10:53 AM

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 · 01/27/2015, 11:37 AM

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 · 01/27/2015, 11:52 AM

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 · 01/27/2015, 11:59 AM

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 · 01/27/2015, 02:17 PM

Anthelia?

Ticky660 · 01/27/2015, 03:07 PM

Looks like some sort of Clavularia.

Moort82 · 01/28/2015, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Ticky660

Looks like some sort of Clavularia.

+1 see here http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...04&pcatid=1604

Zacktosterone · 01/30/2015, 11:36 AM

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 · 01/30/2015, 03:26 PM

def xenia, you got ripped off

Moort82 · 01/31/2015, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 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

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

kurt_n · 02/02/2015, 11:46 PM

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 · 02/07/2015, 07:17 AM

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 · 02/07/2015, 07:21 AM

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 · 02/07/2015, 07:42 AM

True, but none of the above have such features.

hypostatic · 03/01/2015, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Moort82

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.

01/27/2015, 11:37 AM	#2
aromano Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 316	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?

01/27/2015, 11:52 AM	#3
hani1314 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 9	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.

01/27/2015, 11:59 AM	#4
ajespo85 Espo Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Akron, ohio Posts: 447	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.

01/27/2015, 02:17 PM	#5
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Anthelia?

01/27/2015, 03:07 PM	#6
Ticky660 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1	Looks like some sort of Clavularia.

01/30/2015, 11:36 AM	#8
Zacktosterone Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Sault Ste Marie Ont Posts: 2,475	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

01/30/2015, 03:26 PM	#9
jgalen0025 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 246	def xenia, you got ripped off

02/02/2015, 11:46 PM	#11
kurt_n Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: WA Posts: 2,592	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".

02/07/2015, 07:17 AM	#12
Fish Ed Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 174	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.

02/07/2015, 07:21 AM	#13
Puffyluv Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 419	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.

02/07/2015, 07:42 AM	#14
Fish Ed Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 174	True, but none of the above have such features.