What type of Leather is this? Bright green, no polyps

CallMeChris

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I saw this leather in my LFS several months ago and loved the look and color, so brought it home and it's been happy far as I know ever since. When asked, the LFS guy said it was a leather. I said, yes, but what kind. Green, he said....

Photo is under blue lights with an orange filter, using my iPhone.

Best guess is some sort of finger coral, but I can't find an exact match in my searches. Have never seen polyps. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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Was actually trying to get a good shot of the snail, and ended up with a good photo of the leather.
 

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Looks like sinularia flexibilis to me.

It does have polyps, just not as fuzzy as other sinularia species.
 

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Also that is what most green sinulara look like when retracted. They do a good job of closing off the holes where the polyps extend, and honestly in my experience when most finger leather colonies of any variety get quite large you get less and less polyp extension/visual appearance
 
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