Sea snail?
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mcgyvr
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nudibranch.. of some sorts..
actually probably a flatworm due to a lack of any bodily protrusions..
There might be a nudibranch/flatworm identification site on the internet too..
But
bookmark this site for your learning/discoveries..
Most of the normal ones are covered here..
http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker.shtml
actually probably a flatworm due to a lack of any bodily protrusions..
There might be a nudibranch/flatworm identification site on the internet too..
But
bookmark this site for your learning/discoveries..
Most of the normal ones are covered here..
http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker.shtml
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Vpkjules
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Well on the picture its hard to see, but the head looks like the same of a platyhelminth. Is that a friend of foe? Sorry quite new to this [emoji4]
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Vpkjules
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Yes he has some skirts that he moves around like "waves". Your opinion, remove and let it stay?
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Vpkjules
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Well he is a cutiepie! That's for sure [emoji28] I only wonder if he can stay without causing troubles in the future towards my corals.
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I agree as Polycladida is a order of the phylum Platyhelminth
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That's the flat worm I had all depends on how it moves. Mine tended to glide on the rock forming to every crevasse. Put a snail in there if it's a polyclad it will be dead within a couple of days. Mine ate 3 trochus in a 2 weeks period.
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Im not great with my worms, which is why I just guessed the phylum it might be in.
I googled "purple Platyhelminth" and saw one with the name Pseudoceros ferrugineus that looked really close to OPs worm physically, but color wise it has a golden rim, which the OPs lacked.
maybe someone better with worms can nail down the exact species. Id be willing to gamble a guess its in the genus Pseudoceros though.
Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoceros_ferrugineus
If I am right on the genus, looks like their primary diet consists of tunicates, possibly sponges as well. Which by its color, makes sense as with most these types of critters have evolved to resemble what they eat to avoid predation.
I googled "purple Platyhelminth" and saw one with the name Pseudoceros ferrugineus that looked really close to OPs worm physically, but color wise it has a golden rim, which the OPs lacked.
maybe someone better with worms can nail down the exact species. Id be willing to gamble a guess its in the genus Pseudoceros though.
Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoceros_ferrugineus
If I am right on the genus, looks like their primary diet consists of tunicates, possibly sponges as well. Which by its color, makes sense as with most these types of critters have evolved to resemble what they eat to avoid predation.
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That's the flat worm I had all depends on how it moves. Mine tended to glide on the rock forming to every crevasse. Put a snail in there if it's a polyclad it will be dead within a couple of days. Mine ate 3 trochus in a 2 weeks period.
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Yeah polyclads come in all kinds of patterns and colors. Most of the time they mimic their prey. The one in your pic is likely a tridacnid clam predator, most of those in that pattern are. Like you said though, it all depends, but from that pic alone I would say polyclad.
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You narrowed it down better than I did, like I said worms are not my strong suit so I only felt comfortable guessing the phylum
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