Unidentified creature

[Henn Saar]

Please help id the creature at
http://charon.assert.ee/aquarium/unid.htm

Thanks,
Henn

[Marc Levenson]

Hi Henn,

It looks a little bit like a baby Ricordia (type of mushroom).

Marc


Henn Saar wrote:

> Please help id the creature at
> http://charon.assert.ee/aquarium/unid.htm
>
> Thanks,
> Henn

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[Henn Saar]

Thanks, Marc

I thoght Ricordias are almost flat, but this one is like an umbrella.
That's why I guessed it could be Discosoma neglecta.

Henn

Marc Levenson wrote:
>
> Hi Henn,
>
> It looks a little bit like a baby Ricordia (type of mushroom).
>
> Marc
>
> Henn Saar wrote:
>
> > Please help id the creature at
> > http://charon.assert.ee/aquarium/unid.htm
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Henn
>
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[Marc Levenson]

No, ricordias are rarely flat all the time. It depends on a number of factors.

Here's an article with pictures of many corallimorphs

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/oct2002/invert.htm

Marc


Henn Saar wrote:

> Thanks, Marc
>
> I thoght Ricordias are almost flat, but this one is like an umbrella.
> That's why I guessed it could be Discosoma neglecta.
>
> Henn
>

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[Boomer]

I'm pretty sure it is a Discosoma but not a neglecta, if anything a carlgreni guessing.
However, its outer disk margin and the radiating lines are much more common in many
Discosoma, something you do see in Ricordea, with the distinction in the one you have.
Yours has "lappets" or extended areas at the outer margin, which is clear in the second
pic at just below the 9 o'clock position and another at about the11 o'clock position.

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"Henn Saar" > wrote in message
...
: Thanks, Marc
:
: I thoght Ricordias are almost flat, but this one is like an umbrella.
: That's why I guessed it could be Discosoma neglecta.
:
: Henn
:
: Marc Levenson wrote:
: >
: > Hi Henn,
: >
: > It looks a little bit like a baby Ricordia (type of mushroom).
: >
: > Marc
: >
: > Henn Saar wrote:
: >
: > > Please help id the creature at
: > > http://charon.assert.ee/aquarium/unid.htm
: > >
: > > Thanks,
: > > Henn
: >
: > --
: > Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
: > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
: > Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com