Coral identification

[Raf]

I cut this coral out of a tank because it has a super nasty sting! Anyone know what it is? It is brancy, grows a bit like a gorgonian, the polyps open up into puffy tops kinda like cauliflower.

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[pinkreef]

looks smelly! just my useless comment :redface:

[WarDog]

looks smelly! just my useless comment :redface:

+1

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=12266&d=1387471424

[asylumdown]

That is one weird looking coral. No pics of it in-situ with the polyps out? Is that skeleton stony or fleshy?

[Misses.ReefWars]

palm tree coral :)

[Misses.ReefWars]

opened :)

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t408/baberuth080887/images.jpg (http://s1058.photobucket.com/user/baberuth080887/media/images.jpg.html)

unopened :)

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t408/baberuth080887/350x700px-LL-4f72d619_meandmine214.jpeg (http://s1058.photobucket.com/user/baberuth080887/media/350x700px-LL-4f72d619_meandmine214.jpeg.html)

sorta similiar hope this helps :)

[toytech]

Galaxia coral , very nasty sting indeed with super long sweepers , but nice to look at .

[Ryanerickson]

Never seen galaxia grow like that, looks like a gorgonian that stings sorry no idea

[Raf]

It's rigid but flexible... Kinda like a gorgonian. The tips are very glassy when the polyps are in. In Situ, not likely it's in my garbage can after stinging me so bad I had welts for a month...

[Raf]

Another pic

[asylumdown]

egads, that sounds like fire coral, but I've never seen a picture of a fire coral that looks exactly like that.