Hawaiian Coral can you Identify?

cyslyde

cyslyde

Member
Ok... just got back from my Honeymoon in
Hawaii Got plenty of pictures and Ideas....
Anyways, I sow this coral (at least I beliee it is a coral) at about 30 ft down, It opens and closes very rythmacly and looks like a large flower maybe even a rose when fully opened, this picture it is almost closed. unfortunatly the fully open pic didn't turn out......
anyways if you can help me figure out what it is, and if it is ok in an aquarium, or where I can find a pictured list of Hawaiin Corals, I would apreciate it.
Thanx
-=Cy
 
dave espi

dave espi

New Member
Chances are, It was a clam. it was siphoning water in and out through the inhallent and exhalent byssal valves sifting plankton.
 
jonthefb

jonthefb

Active Member
sure doesnt look like a clam, in truth its not really like anything ive ever seen!
good luck iding it
jon
 
cyslyde

cyslyde

Member
definatly not a clam unles it had a vey small shell burried in the rock..... and the water was calm... It really looked more like a flower than anything else when it was open. definatly very beautiful though
 
cyslyde

cyslyde

Member
what is a sea pen? I have never heard of anything like that before... where might I be able to find more information on a sea pen?
thanx
and hey sometimes throwing stuff out gets stuff answered
 
drew_tt

drew_tt

Member
some sort of really large foramniforam? Ive seen what you have before but I cant recall the name... it was a long time ago..
Drew :)
 
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