ID this hitchhiker pls

[palyam]

settled on my dendro... should I remove it?

 

[uhuru]

beautiful dendro! Yes, you should remove it, someone might be interested in it though. Please visit this link: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1786378

Close! It's in the related family Ovulidae all members of which are obligate parasites on cnidarians, mostly on soft corals, leathers, & black corals. They always match their hosts to the point of being invisible. The best match I could find is Habuprionovolva umbilicata which is always found on Dendronephthya. In umbilicata all the papillae are white while on this one some of them are the same color as the lines. It's a pity that you have to chose between keeping your dendro healthy and feeding this. If you want to get rid of it I know a specialist on the group who would like it.

BTW, how long have you had the dendro? What is your feeding regimen? Looks very healthy.

 

[palyam]

Well, I took it out.

I have the dendro for only 2 weeks, and it was healthy and open in the LFS, so I decided to give it a try. So far, so good.

I feed it with a variety of food that I use for my corals, like zooplankton, phyto, fauna marine special food for gorgonians, cyclop eeze, and more..

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

Thats awesome!

 

[corbyjames]

They're a type of commensal snail. I've seen them in Indonesia. I think it is

Diminovula alabaster

Here is a shot I took in Lebeh, North Sulawesi...

 

[uhuru]

nice shot! Do you have more photos of dendros and other NPS corals you can share?

 

[palyam]

beautiful shot james! this is the exact snail that I have