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climatestudios User is Offline

Copepod
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09/13/2007 5:34 PM
What are they?I've seen them labeled as "blue clove polyps" or "forget me not polyps", I suppose because of the resemblance to the flower. I'm talking tiny, as in 15 or 20 polyps will fit on a dime. They really are that blue.

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09/14/2007 6:30 AM
Do the polyps retrtact or deflate. If the deflate it is a form of Anthelia. If the retract it could be Clavularia sp. There is yet another sp. called Pachyclavularia that also has a very close match. Of course these are primarily guesses based on pic from Sprungs' book. Personaly opinion is a sp. of Clavularia (Clove, Glove or Waving Hand) keep in mind that there are more than 40 different sp. described.

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Copepod
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09/14/2007 8:08 AM
I've always thought clavularia as well, just based on shape. the polyps are out most of time, didn't think to see if they retract - i'll try that tonight. good idea!

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