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Old 01/05/2008, 03:58 AM
Lint_Licker Lint_Licker is offline
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Need an I D pls

This is a hitchhiker(freebie)... Some sort of LPS, originaly thought it was some kind of mussa, but this has a skirt/tentacles. First pic, I purposly ticked it off so you could see the skeleton of it, second pic shows the skirt/tentacles. There is also some epizoanthus in the pic so you can get an idea of the size of these things. They are tiny, 1/4".



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Old 01/05/2008, 12:10 PM
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Looks like Leptastrea.
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Old 01/05/2008, 12:18 PM
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Pic isnt very clear, but it looks like it could be Blastomusa Merletti. But it could also be Leptastrea like Zeppelin said.
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Old 01/05/2008, 10:07 PM
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It is Leptastrea, the polyps are 1/4" or smaller, merletti are more like dime sized polyps. Ive already positivly ID'd it, thanks guys for helping!
 


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