Nudibranch?? ID?

[travisr100]

Are these nudibranch? If so, any idea what kind? I found these on my glass right after the lights came on this morning. Get rid of them?

 

[GerritM]

Looks like Thuridilla sp.

 

[Calappidae]

I forget the name..

but I'm pretty confident on saying these guys are NOT reef safe. Coral predators.

 

[pagojoe]

Yup, they're both arminid nudibranchs, probably Dermatobranchus species that feed on soft corals. At least one of those two is a common hitchhiker on "Clove Polyps." They may be color variants of the same species, though.

Cheers,



Don

 

[travisr100]

Thanks. That's what I needed to know!