polyclad flatworm ???

[emmanuel]

I have had a big flatworm for a couple of years . The first time I saw it I thought it was my imagination cause by the time I turned around to get a flashlight it was gone .This weekend my harlequin shrimp was aeting a chocolate chip star and the polyclad flatworm reached out from under one of the unmovable rocks in my reef and grabed the live star. when I hit it with the flashlight it released the star and back under the rock. It never completely came out of the rock but i figure from what i saw it's about 1 1/2 inches . Has anyone ever traped one of these ? please explain

 

[charlesr1958]

Do try to get a photo of it please as I've never heard of a flatworm going after a starfish or capable of grabbing and pulling such a large critter as a starfish. Maybe a baited plastic soda bottle trap would work to catch it.

Chuck

 

[emmanuel]

I cant get the pic to post but its in my gallery .

 

[skippy2]

this is op's pic

This is my pic of a polyclad flatworm

 

[emmanuel]

thanks skippy that was the closest picture i could find but your picture is exactly what I have

 

[emmanuel]

How did you catch it ??

 

[skippy2]

I didn't catch it. It came from the personal tank of an employee that works at the LFS I go to. It was eating his clam and when he went to get it out of his tank he split it in half.

 

[charlesr1958]

Yup, that be a polyclad and as you already know, something you want to catch and be rid of.

Chuck

 

[emmanuel]

I read if they brake apart all pieces regenerate into new ones

 

[skippy2]

That I don't know. I asked that in another thread but nobody answered me.