Carpet Anemone / Brown Plate Coral / Purple THingy?

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sun May 11, 2003 10:31 am

Need help on this one:
Was marked as Brown Disk (Correction, they said disk, not plate) Coral, but they were not clear on the id of it.
It looks sort of like a Carpet Anemone, but dang-if-I-Know. It is about 3" in diameter.

Can someone help me with what it is? And what sort of light this fellow would like?

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Sun May 11, 2003 12:04 pm

I'm not very experienced with the ID'ing of corals yet, but based on my limited experience, I'm agreeing with you, I think it's a carpet anemone. Good color!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sun May 11, 2003 1:13 pm

Looks like some sort of cool colored open brain to me.

Scott

reeferpuffer · Post by **reeferpuffer** » Sun May 11, 2003 4:14 pm

im goin with scott, does it have a calcarious base?, could well be a fungia or a lobaphylia brain coral, i have a brain similar to the color of that one...and bumpy too

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sun May 11, 2003 4:55 pm

Calcerous base and outer edges, you can see the color differences on the outside, with a meaty center. I did find a few that look similar , both lobophyllia and symphyllia. It is just the color that is throwing me off, never seen a brain this color, and with a large open central valley.
Is a carpet anemone soft tissued ? Never touched one, so I have no idea.

reeferpuffer · Post by **reeferpuffer** » Sun May 11, 2003 8:08 pm

after looking at it closer, its definatly a brain coral

lzb3 · Post by **lzb3** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:12 am

Doesn't lool like an anemone to me...they are fleshy all over...no calcium skeleton at all. I would sam eithre a large brain or something similar. Maybe a yet undescribed species.

Elizabeth