Does anyone know what type of zoos these are? Guy at the fish store said that they were found at about 100 ft depth off of one of the forts around pcola area. The big polyp is about the size of a half dollar and still getting bigger.
"When they was no meat we ate fowl, when there was no fowl we ate crawdad. And when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand."--Cellmate
"You ate what?"--H.I.
"We ate sand."--Cellmate
"You ate sand?"--H.I.
"That's right."--Cellmate
Me and Drew always called them "local polyps." I have no idea as to the scientific name or their location, but Drew picked some up for me a long time ago and they didn't last after the hurricane (Ivan). We tried moving some to his tank, which was more stable, but they still didn't live. Oh well.
Protopalythoa grandis would be my guess on scientific name..... they are called, as some stated, local polyps. I have seen a few different color varieties.
"Well......maybe I did get alittle carried away! "
yes, they are definitely Protopalythoa grandis. The nice mottled coloration gives it away. As you said, they are large polyps and are found practically circumtropical (even here-though we're subtropical). Cool.