I've seen these a couple other times on zoa rocks, but never got them to open up. Truly odd-looking, and captivating.
Looking closely, you can see the external texture seems to be impregnated with tiny black crystals, almost like onyx dust. The polyps
themselves are translucent and colorless like a lightly tinted crystal. Very long, delicate lashes. Perhaps Neozoanthus sp?
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