plate coral maybe?

[mle421]

its small and orange with clear "tentacles" and a white spot in the center. heres a pic....

 

[TCTFish]

Hard to tell from the picture. What does the base of the coral look like?

 

[Fluff]

Looks to me like a type of non-photosynthetic cup coral.Would it be possible to get a pic of it closed up?

 

[steve-s]

Looks like a sole polyp hydroid but not sure on the species. Possibley Tubularia

Cheers
Steve

 

[fishfreek]

Not a plate coral. A plate coral does not attach itself to anything. The coral forms a somewhat flate and round skelial base.

 

[mle421]

ha, that is a close up, its only about a centemeter in diameter, and my camera wont focus on it since its so small. i cant see the base, it looks pretty flush to the rock. ill look up hydroid polyps and see if it matches. if not, ill just have to wait till its a little bigger to tell.

 

[Fluff]

I didn't mean for you to get another close up picture. I meant for a picture where the polyp is closed up. Tentacles drawn in to show the skeleton. LOL Good luck.

 

[fishfreek]

a plate coral would have long or short tenticles throught the entire face vs being on the rim.

 

[mle421]

heres an updated photo any new guesses?