A Leather Coral but what kind of leather coral is it?

[Panzz]

Hi everyone,
I just got this leather coral today and has also read bout them already but still can't really tell wat kind of leather coral is it even thought I think it is a toadstool leather but still can't really comfirm this and so I would more ppl to help me id this leather coral. I have posted a photo with it already.thax!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, that is a toadstool, some kind of Sarcophyton species.

 

[Anonymous]

Looks more Lobophyton-ish to me....

 

[Anonymous]

I would agree with Dan, Lobophytum, devil's hand, finger leather, etc..

How close is that hammer coral to the new leather coral?
Andy

 

[Anonymous]

Hmm, you guys may be right about it being Lobophytum, but it looks to me more like my toadstools than the devil's hands I have seen. I forget about Lobophytum as a genus because I never kept one I guess!

I suppose one of the defining features would be if those "ridges" were folds, (as on Sarcophyton) vs actual protrusions, as on Lobophytum "devils hand".

Please do show us a photo when it is all expanded and happy. (although it looks much better than a lot of leathers the same day they were moved!)

 

[Anonymous]

i am on the sarcophyton team but agree that it looks too close to the ancora.


FYI, that coral may look horrible for a week.... they are often slow adjusters.

 

[Panzz]

ok will get a photo of it when it is all expanded and it is already expanding (it jus moved yesterday) about the hammer, it is not producing and "sweeper" tentacle so far and I don think it would soon but if it does I will diffintely move my leather.Thankx!!!

 

[tinyreef]

more (closer) pictures of the cap and base would be helpful. looking specifically for the types of polyps (one or two) and obvious spicules around the base (for sinularia).

absence doesn't necessarily mean it ain't but the presence would be pretty definite that it is sinularia.

single polyp type would also knock it back to sarco or lobo.

 

[Anonymous]

more (closer) pictures of the cap and base would be helpful. looking specifically for the types of polyps (one or two) and obvious spicules around the base (for sinularia).

absence doesn't necessarily mean it ain't but the presence would be pretty definite that it is sinularia.

single polyp type would also knock it back to sarco or lobo.

Both sarco and lobo have 2 types of polyps, Autozooids and Siphonozooids.
Andy

 

[tinyreef]

hmm, i didn't realize that. i thought they (or one of them at least) had just one type. sorry for the mixup.

 

[Anonymous]

Hey, rcsheng. Don't worry about it, I get mixed up all the time myself, I just keep reading and learning. Sometimes I even get it right.
Andy

 

[Anonymous]

I'm voting again for Lobophyton. Is that allowed?

Let's see a side shot, eh?

 

[Panzz]

srry ppl can't get a photo of it expanded yet, cos it has got a shinning layer covering it and was sheding before, this is normal right??? any ideas??? thax!!! will get the photos soon.

 

[wade1]

My vote is Sarcophyton...

 

[Anonymous]

srry ppl can't get a photo of it expanded yet, cos it has got a shinning layer covering it and was sheding before, this is normal right??? any ideas??? thax!!! will get the photos soon.

that is normal.. might take a few days.

 

[Panzz]

Thanx for that reply, make me feel much relieve now.

 

[dizzy]

One more vote for Lobophytum.

 

[Panzz]

the layer I was talking about is now coming off and its polyps are expanding too and should I help it remove the coating or jus let the leather do it itself?

 

[Anonymous]

the layer I was talking about is now coming off and its polyps are expanding too and should I help it remove the coating or jus let the leather do it itself?

a gentle breeze from a turkey baster ought to be good

 

[Panzz]

here is another pic of my leather coral at last but it is not really very expanded yet