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Post by jess on Apr 14, 2013 19:37:38 GMT -5
Quiet today and I thought maybe it would be fun to see how many different corals people can identify. I grabbed some random pics off the net, would love to have any one of these!! Here's the first Sent from my Galaxy S3 Via Proboards Attachments:
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Post by lindsey1984 on Apr 14, 2013 19:58:58 GMT -5
Amazing! Whatever they are... LOL
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Post by oceangirl2009 on Apr 14, 2013 20:00:15 GMT -5
Ditto, whatever they are, I want some!
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Post by lindsey1984 on Apr 14, 2013 20:05:19 GMT -5
Haha, Katie... Great minds think alike!
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Post by industry on Apr 14, 2013 20:30:30 GMT -5
Gonipora?
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Apr 14, 2013 21:15:28 GMT -5
Jewel anemone (Corynactis viridis)
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Post by jess on Apr 15, 2013 1:31:29 GMT -5
Jewel Anemone Corynactis viridis
Jewel anemones often cover large areas of underwater cliff faces, creating a spectacular display. Individual jewel anemones can be almost any color, and they reproduce by splitting in half, making two new identical anemones. This results in dense patches of different-colored anemones. Each jewel anemone has a small saucer-shaped disk circled by stubby translucent tentacles. The tentacles have knobbed tips that are often a contrasting color to the tentacle shafts, disk, and column of the jewel anemone. The color combination shown here is one of the most common. Jewel anemones are not true anemones but belong to a group of anthozoans called coralliomorphs. These closely resemble the polyps of hard corals but have no skeleton. Coralliomorphs are found in all oceans but are most common in the tropics.
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Post by jess on Apr 15, 2013 1:32:27 GMT -5
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Post by oceangirl2009 on Apr 15, 2013 7:34:33 GMT -5
Again, idk what it is, but I want it.
Are jewel anenomes photosynthetic?
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Apr 15, 2013 7:47:29 GMT -5
I may be wrong but I believe that one is some type of red sarcophyton "toadstool leather". Possibly none photosynthetic but there's so little info available that I haven't even found a definitive scientific name yet.
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Post by jess on Apr 15, 2013 7:50:04 GMT -5
Jewel anemones are beautiful, would love to have a little tank of them but can't find them anywhere. They don't like light
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Post by industry on Apr 15, 2013 8:06:46 GMT -5
haha. I was way off.
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Post by jess on Apr 15, 2013 21:39:06 GMT -5
I couldn't find a name of that one either. Here's another one, easier. Sent from my Galaxy S3 Via Proboards Attachments:
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Post by jess on Apr 17, 2013 7:53:00 GMT -5
Sometimes this app hates me and won't show pictures Here's the pic again Sent from my SCH-I535 using ProBoards Attachments:
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Post by oceangirl2009 on Apr 17, 2013 8:03:17 GMT -5
That looks like some kind of favia.
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