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Name that Critter Seen an interesting wee beastie or giant sea monster but don't know what it is? Describe it here (or post a photo) and let the vast experience on ScubaBoard help.

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Old February 26th, 2008, 09:37 AM   #1
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Are these eggs? (Shark Point, Krabi, Thailand)

I saw these all over on two dives in Krabi (Koh Kiaew and Shark Point).


This picture is from Shark Point, taken Friday 22nd February, 2008. Depth: Approx 10-15 msw.



Size: Each "egg" was probably smaller than a ping-pong ball, but the mass was pretty large.


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That's the bubble coral Plerogyra sinuosa. It looks quite different when the polyps are retracted. If you had examined it closely you would have found some beautiful shrimp, crabs, & worms that live with it.
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Many thanks. Some form of soft coral was my other guess. I didn't do as close of an inspection as I should have.

Thanks for the ID.

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it actually is a stony coral in the broad group known as large polyp stony corals (LPS). It does have an abundance of soft tissue but it grows from a CaCO3 skeleton
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Thanks for the updated information. I find corals very difficult to identify at times. This one seems a bit easier, now that I know what it is.

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