Purple Finger / Knobby Sea Rod (Sinularia dura type)
A variant of Finger leather coral (Sinularia sp.)
Representative Finger leather coralphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
Thicker, more rigid lobes with a purple-gray cast and short polyps; a stiffer-bodied Sinularia sometimes sold as 'cabbage' leather.
Keeper tips for this variant
Tolerates strong flow well thanks to its rigid skeleton-like body; mount it on a high rock where current keeps detritus off the lobes.
Other Soft Corals variants
Yellow Finger Leather (Sinularia flexibilis 'Yellow')Neon/Toxic Green Finger LeatherPom Pom / Cauliflower Finger LeatherSpaghetti Finger LeatherAquacultured Green Finger Frag (Maricultured)Yellow Fiji Finger LeatherCabbage Leather (Sinularia dura)ORA Neon Green SinulariaORA Yellow Polyp SinulariaBIOTA Yellow/Green SinulariaGreen Sinularia (Green Finger Leather)Pink Indo Sinularia LeatherEaster Egg Finger Leather (Sinularia)Toxic Green / Neon Green Cabbage Leather (Sinularia)