Zoa/paly ID?

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I got a Captain America Palythoa from WWC recently… it’s doing great and is a really nice piece.

I noticed a small polyp growing under them. I’ve never bought palys before so I don’t know what they look like as new polyps.
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Is that little guy with the green lashes in the front a zoa or just a juvenile CA paly polyp?
And if it is a zoa/not CA polyp, anyone have any idea what kind of zoa?
 
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I got a Captain America Palythoa from WWC recently… it’s doing great and is a really nice piece.

I noticed a small polyp growing under them. I’ve never bought palys before so I don’t know what they look like as new polyps.
View attachment 2777157Is that little guy with the green lashes in the front a zoa or just a juvenile CA paly polyp?
And if it is a zoa/not CA polyp, anyone have any idea what kind of zoa?
Looks like dragon eye zoa but can’t confirm with heavy blue lighting
 
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My CA palys just look like mini versions of the bigger ones while they growing in. I think this is definitely a bonus hitchhiker zoa/paly.
Oh I am definitely slicing this guy off this afternoon then, there’s a baby one growing right next to it.
 
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