Coral ID - Duncan?

[jonmedina]

Hey all! Bought this guy a little bit ago, the shop (Vallejo) said it's a Duncan. I don't think so, but I'm still brand new and don't know enough to say otherwise. Any thoughts?

 

[Invictus]

It is not a Duncan. What shop did you go to? Seems strange to identify it as a Duncan as they look nothing alike.

Unfortunately I can’t identify it, specifically. Best guess is a leather or perhaps a mushroom is folded over itself strangely. I’m sure someone here can identify it.

 

[jonmedina]

The Vallejo shop. Bought this one and a Frogspawn (which, yes, is actually a frogspawn haha)

 

[Coral reefer]

Is there skeleton or no?

 

[jonmedina]

Is there skeleton or no?

Yup! Maybe this picture is a little better.

 

[Darkxerox]

Can you take a picture with the flash on your camera? Really hard to tell with the dim blue light.

Yup! Maybe this picture is a little better.
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[jonmedina]

How's this

 

[Baykes]

Looks more like a bubble tip anemone, almost a DPV. I would argue much cooler than a Duncan

 

[RandyC]

Brighter. Need to see this part.

 

[Invictus]

Do the polyps retract?

If it’s actually a foot and pushing itself high in the air then I’d guess mushroom, otherwise some soft coral/leather that I can’t identify.

 

[jonmedina]

Appreciate the help everyone! Polyps retract at night when it hunkers down into a little ball but other than that it's wide open during the day. It's real short and stubby. Gave it a little nudge and it didn't close up or tense like an anemone.

 

[Darkxerox]

I vote Rhodactis indosinensis:

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Green hairy mushroom. No skeleton, just sitting on a piece of rock (you can see its foot lifting a bit in your last photos).

 

[Invictus]

Appreciate the help everyone! Polyps retract at night when it hunkers down into a little ball but other than that it's wide open during the day. It's real short and stubby. Gave it a little nudge and it didn't close up or tense like an anemone.

Yup, mushroom. Typically low light, and they usually lay flat on the rock, but it has a unique appearance and may want more light by the way it is trying to push itself high into the air.

 

[jonmedina]

YES! It looks exactly like those pictures. Definitely will need to adjust placement. Thanks for all the help.

 

[Baykes]

Yep my bad definitely not a bubble tip anemone

 

[Srt4eric]

I touched it up a bit for you. Looks like a mushroom.