“Speckled Leather”, any idea what species it is?

[Nymz]

WWC sells a leather with this name and I can’t find anything about it online. I sent them an email asking if they knew and never got a reply. Any ideas? I’m trying to figure out its growth pattern.

WWC Speckled Leather

Cladiella sp Frag is between 1/2" and 3/4" in size. Photo is a representation of the shape, size, and color of the coral you will receive.

worldwidecorals.com

 

[Steven Garland]

Cladiella sp . I googled that and there is tons of informative links,I left one below. You probably won't find that specific morph,but as a general care sheet or anything else related to that specific species,is right on google.

Maricultured Colt Coral - Cladiella sp.

 

[Nymz]

Cladiella sp

I saw that on their page for it but is that correct? Reviews mention it being more of an encrusting type.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I believe it’s a coral called Efflatournaria

 

[Steven Garland]

I saw that on their page for it but is that correct? Reviews mention it being more of an encrusting type.

No idea,it may be. I have never had a leather. WWC should have whatever answers you need about it.

 

[Tamberav]

WWC sells a leather with this name and I can’t find anything about it online. I sent them an email asking if they knew and never got a reply. Any ideas? I’m trying to figure out its growth pattern.

WWC Speckled Leather

Cladiella sp Frag is between 1/2" and 3/4" in size. Photo is a representation of the shape, size, and color of the coral you will receive.

worldwidecorals.com

I believe there is both an encrusting and a branching variety.

Here is a better photo of the branching one on a different website:

Cladiella Finger Leather — Premier Reefs - Aquacultured coral

Cladiella Sp. White base color with deep brown polyps. Very unique

www.premierreefsmn.com

 

[Tamberav]

Here is the non branching variety in post 1, branching in post 2.

They are white base and brown or purplish polyps depending on what light you throw them under. I have a small frag of the branching I bought from Premier Reefs.

Show Off - Leather love

Let's see some leather corals! This is a cladiella I picked up with a box of fish. Once it a while, they will get something in (likely by accident) that catches my eye. This matches my branching cladiella I have in my DT. But this one seems like it grows in a mound without much for branching...

humble.fish

 

[Nymz]

Very interesting, thank you guys! I hadn't even considered that it would have multiple forms.

 

[i cant think]

WWC sells a leather with this name and I can’t find anything about it online. I sent them an email asking if they knew and never got a reply. Any ideas? I’m trying to figure out its growth pattern.

WWC Speckled Leather

Cladiella sp Frag is between 1/2" and 3/4" in size. Photo is a representation of the shape, size, and color of the coral you will receive.

worldwidecorals.com

It is more likely to be one of the Cladiella species, for a full ID it would be better to see a mature colony of it.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

WWC sells a leather with this name and I can’t find anything about it online. I sent them an email asking if they knew and never got a reply. Any ideas? I’m trying to figure out its growth pattern.

WWC Speckled Leather

Cladiella sp Frag is between 1/2" and 3/4" in size. Photo is a representation of the shape, size, and color of the coral you will receive.

worldwidecorals.com

It’s marketing. They are a business It’s what they do to charge more for a very common coral. If U were close I’d just give u some nepthea, the Palau kind.

 

[Jposch]

late to the party, but that one grows fast, and only about 1" high. more of an encrusting thing. its much different than other leathers. the non-polyp part of the flesh is bleach white. when you touch it, it reacts quite fast.