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Northern Coral Pic

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Whitebird1

This was collected on Jan 8, water dept 48 ft..off of Long Branch in a naturally rocky area. The piece was accidentally snagged on a hook while fishing for Tog. It was transported in natural seawater and placed into a 12 gal cool water set up. Withen 1 hour the polyps opened and it has survived overnight so far. Est.100+ polyps. The skeleton seems to be blue-green and the polyps white. attached are what seems to be a yellow sponge also polyp shaped.
Any info on this coral?
Greg
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RichT

RichT

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
Nice..... I've done a lot of offshore clamming and scalloping at that depth and never seen anything like that.

Look like Sun Polyps almost!

Eric Bornaman should be able to help you out on that. You can contact him on the Marine Depot forums, or the Huston, TX club site (MARSH). I also think he has his own site.

Or maybe our resident Marine Biologist might know!
 
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concept3

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I couldn't resist posting up Greg.......

I couldn't look at the coral close enough since someone was feeling sick the first half of the trip, LOL

they are definitely NOT photosynthetic! I know they have to be fed heavily, and are part of the family Astrangia, it could be A. danae



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