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[santame]

Hello,

Can any please tell me if they recognize the critter in the below photo? It is really very small (smaller than a dime by about half) and is wedged between two rocks. Seems to be attached to one of them by a tube of some sort. It retracts when startled, but does not seem to fully pull into the tube. I have searched various books, web forums, and image libraries trying to find if it is a specific kind of tube work, but it does not look anything like the images I have found.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks all, for your time.

- Robyn

 

[RyanMcLaughlin]

It looks to be an aipstasia. You need to get rid of it asap. There are chemicals you can buy.

 

[taillonjohn]

I agree it looks like aptaisia

 

[santame]

Thanks for the replies. All photos I have seen of aipstasia show very long tentacles, so I am not sure? Do some have short and stubby arms?

- Robyn

 

[mudskipper1]

http://www.saltyunderground.com/FeedbackAndFotos/viewtopic.php?t=67

This link has some pics of aptasia and majano, majano are another type of pest anemone, they look more like yours

 

[santame]

Yep, that majanos photo does look pretty much the same. Thanks. Now to get the little sucker....

 

[allenpantino]

joe's juice will get rid of it right away

 

[mudskipper1]

no problem