Nudibranch? ID please.

[wloftin]

These are the best photos I can get of this creature. There are several in the overflow section of my tank. I haven't seen them anywhere else. They are solid red, approximately 2mm long and seem to have 2 rhinophores as can be seen in the picture. They move like a sea slug and must be eating a filter feeder living in the overflow.

Any idea what they are? They could be a flatworm but don't really look like flatworms I've seen, as they are teardrop shaped and appear to have a tail like a sea slug.

Thanks in advance!

Will

 

[pagojoe]

No, they're not flatworms, they're little spirorbid-eating nudibranchs, Vayssierea felis. There are probably a lot of guys who'd like to find them in their tanks.

http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/vaysfeli

Cheers,



Don

 

[wloftin]

Don,

As always, you're the best!!!!

Thanks for the link, that looks to be exactly what they are.

I wonder if they will eat vermetids? If so, I'm in business!

And, as for guys who'd like to find them in their tanks... that could be arranged!