ID on lps

[clamcrazy]

i saw this at my lfs today, they did not know what it is, to me it looks like a long tentacle plate coral but it's skeleton looks like a torch coral or branching frogspawn. this is the best pic i could get from my camera phone. any idea's on what this is ?

 

[Deanos]

Euphyllia glabrescens

 

[clamcrazy]

do you have a link on this dean ?

 

[DevIouS]

Speak English Deen!:grumpy:

Doesn't it translate to Torch?:scratch:

 

[Deanos]

Torch Coral

Euphyllia paraglabrescens - Torch coral 2

 

[clamcrazy]

polyps were short and fat, did not look like a normal torch coral.

 

[Deanos]

Excerpt from 2nd link: Characters: Skeletons are almost identical to those of Euphyllia glabrescens. Tentacles are short and bubble-like and are extended day and night.

 

[clamcrazy]

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/101-200/Species%20pages/146.htm i think this is it.

 

[Deanos]

With that coral, you can usually see skeletal blades through the polyps:

Excerpt: Primary septa are very exsert and are conspicuous underwater.