Zoanthus, a zoanthid. Beginner to keep, Typical PAR 75–150, moderate flow.
Rarity tier: uncommon, reviewed 2026-08.
Green skirt and green disc around a raised orange to red centre that sits proud of the disc, peachy on some specimens, with a purple ring on others.
The raised centre is structural, not a colour, so it shows in a side-on photo and cannot be faked with lighting. That is the part to judge on: the warm centre runs anywhere from peach to deep red between specimens, so the colour alone will not settle it.
Low to middle rock, enough flow to keep detritus off the mat. Gorilla Nipple is beginner to keep at a typical PAR of 75–150 in moderate flow. A typical starting range for this type of coral rather than a measured requirement for this morph. Spectrum, how it was acclimated and the system it grew in all move it.
No verified sales yet. A range publishes once 3 dated, checkable records from 3 different sources exist, priced per polyp and reported as a median, with what shops ask kept separate from what buyers paid. One polyp, so a ten-polyp frag is divided by ten. Listings that do not state the count are dropped rather than assumed. Nothing on this page is for sale. Shops are typically asking $5 to $7 per polyp, median $6, across 3 shops surveyed on 2026-09-07; the full sweep ran $4 to $9. Asking prices are what sellers want, not what buyers paid. On 2026-09-07 it was in stock at 3 surveyed shops: chiefreefcorals.com, reeftogo.com, vividaquariums.com.