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02-21-2007, 11:41 PM
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need a little help with an ID
i know its a little blurry but i had to blow it up using photoshop. i found this in my rock today. to me it looks like a motipora. doesnt seem like a sponge to me. it has spots where possibly polyps would be. what do you think?
 
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02-22-2007, 03:40 AM
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Can't tell for sure from the pic, but maybe a Porites coral? Sometimes you can get patches of encrusting Porites on rock, and their polyps look a little Montipora-ish ..
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02-22-2007, 04:08 AM
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02-22-2007, 02:27 PM
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The way the "polyps" line up makes me think its a type of sponge. They're commonly found on the bali frag plugs and they look kind of funny. At first I thought they were a funky flatworm. I'll see if I can find a pic to show you
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02-22-2007, 06:07 PM
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i was looking closely at it last night and i was also wondering a sea squirt. do they start like that?
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02-22-2007, 06:09 PM
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I've been browsing the internet for a photo and you're right it is likely more a tunicate than a sponge. I have some of it growing on my rock. I'll take a pic this weekend and post it. I do believe there is also a photo in Calfos Reef Invertebrates book (somewhere in there).
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02-22-2007, 06:11 PM
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Ok here is sort of what I'm talking about. Without all the jazzy color
 (mine is brownish grey) They're Botryllus schlosserii 
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