Colorful donut-looking things; Turks & Caicos

[drrich2]

Hi:

Recent trip, saw these two:

They're small, but not tiny; shots taken with a Canon G16 camera, no special add-on lenses, not super close up.

Any idea what they are?

Richard.

 

[T.C.]

Richard,

They appear to be disk corals, lik an Atlantic Mushroom Coral.

 

[drrich2]

Thanks! Good to know. I didn't even have enough of an idea to know what to do a 'Search' for.

Richard.

 

[diversteve]

possibly...

Artichoke/Solitary Disk Coral - Scolymia cubensis/wellsi - Stony Corals - - Caribbean Reefs

 

[CuzzA]

They are definitely Scolymia corals. One of my favorites, especially when they feed.

Here are a couple I cared for.

Here's a time lapse of what they look like when feeding. Not my video.