seahorsedreams
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Not my critter, but what is this? It reminds me of a sad little sea pen.
Is this a Sea Pen or ?
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Bongo Shrimp
P. ceratophthalma
It's a type of worm. I helped someone else ID one of these before but I can't remember the name and I can't find the thread! If LeslieH was around she would know.
seahorsedreams
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It wasn't some type of acorn worm, was it? A Saccoglossus?
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Bongo Shrimp
P. ceratophthalma
I think that might actually have been it but I still can't find the exact species I saw before. I'll let you know if I find anything.
seahorsedreams
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Thank you!
seahorsedreams
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Pterobranch? LOL!
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ManEatingGuppy
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Coco worm out of its tube.
Bongo Shrimp
P. ceratophthalma
This might actually be it. I thought this at first but the red part of the pic in question had me questioning it. I've seen a coco worm that dropped its crown and was out of its tube in person and it looked a little different (the way I remember it).
Do you know if they had a coco worm in the tank?
seahorsedreams
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I didn't think they owned one. That was actually already suggested and I remember thinking "how could he not know he had one that big", but I didn't actually hear him say those words. Lemme ask.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbHBGiH5b7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbHBGiH5b7g
seahorsedreams
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They're saying they didn't have a Cocoworm.
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seahorsedreams
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oops.
Bongo Shrimp
P. ceratophthalma
Ok I pmed LeslieH, hopefully she will be able to help.
seahorsedreams
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Thank you for your help.
seahorsedreams
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It REALLY looks like the Coco though.
ManEatingGuppy
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I'm 100% certain is a coco worm. You can see a new crown forming after it shed its previous one.
seahorsedreams
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I wonder where it's been hiding for the last year.
seahorsedreams
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I figure what we are looking at it a tube worm who has lost his plume and that's the vestimentum and trunk that is left. When you do a Google image search for Riftia pachyptila, a lot of pictures come up that are similar. I'm not saying that is the species, it was just the search term that led me to those photos.
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