ID help please

[Jay_1966]

This guy popped up after a month or more of being in the tank. Don't know where he came from. LR was from TBS.

ID and is it reef safe?

Multiple pictures

Thank you,

 

[LeslieH]

It appears to be Dendrodoris warta http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=dendwart

It's a dorid nudibranch and like all other dorids a sponge feeders. These generally have very restricted diets which may consist of a group of related sponges or maybe even just one particular sponge. No doubt it's crawling about in search of food.

 

[Grins]

Very cool looking

 

[Jay_1966]

Are pictures of this guy really so rare? If so I can take lots of pics. I see him all the time at night. He might not live long though as I do not have an awful lot of sponge.

 

[Jay_1966]

bump

 

[laszlo]

How big is this guy? If pictures are rare, try to get something else in the picture to get a better idea of it's size. Very interesting.

 

[Jay_1966]

I'll try to bet some better pictures posted. He is about 3 inches long and 2 inches wide.

 

[LeslieH]

It may not be that he's rare as much as he's well camouflaged and therefore not photographed very often.