Unknown softy I.d?

TINKIR · #1 07/06/2004, 02:35 PM

Posted in general suggested I post here.Bought from LFS as unknown as it came in a shipment of other softies.It's about 2 inches across sitting on a white short stalk made up of tiny polyps with slightly longer tentacles giving it a prickly look

EricHugo · #2 07/14/2004, 08:24 AM

Wow...that might be Umbellifera, but not sure. How is it doing? Died yet?

TINKIR · #3 07/14/2004, 04:10 PM

It's going great, puffed up a bit more and 'stalk' has elongated so fingers crossed.
You say wow does this mean it may be unusual could you point me to some info on the internet?

Thanks for reply

EricHugo · #4 07/14/2004, 05:51 PM

not really on the internet - dunno, never really checked. Umbellulifera is in Fabricius and Alderslade's book, Soft Corals and Sea Fans. They are not zooxanthellate, are are deepwater corals, and not much known about them.