Spotted these after lights out last night

[laverda]

My clown eggs were hatching last night after lights out. I didn't see to many of the babies swimming around but spotted several of these. Are they a
Nudibranch?
Sorry the video was the only way to get an idea of how they swim. In my pics they just look like white spots on the glass. I hope it is not to big.

 

[spline9]

Crazy. As far as I know, nudibranchs dont swim and I've never known one to move any faster than your average snail.
Maybe somebody in here will know what it is.

 

[sps_addict]

It's an epitoke.

A reproductive stage (segment) of a polychaete worm.

 

[CamBarr]

i have seen these in my reef too

 

[laverda]

sps_addict So my polychaete worms have been getting it on!

 

[sps_addict]

haha, yup, they are! You will see a lot of them during specific lunar cycles. Good eaten for fish and corals

 

[Fmellish]

epitoke.

See here for a closeup

 

[laverda]

sps_addict Do you have a link to more info on polychaete worms? I did a search but not much useful.

 

[laverda]

Fmellish: I am guess those are a different kind and these where white. Thanks for the pic.

 

[sps_addict]

Here's some links to information on polychaete worms.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-03/rs/index.htm
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/index.htm
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/rs/index.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20001212...etwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1997/oct/wb/default.asp
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-03/rs/index.htm


For more info on epitokes, LeslieH (her username) is a great person for more detailed information.

 

[bergzy]

geez steve...

you must be slacking...ya'z gotta have more references than that!!!

 

[sps_addict]

lol, you caught me ben! I need to get back into the hobby more than I have been in the last few months. Need to increase my reef bookmark references.

 

[laverda]

Steve thank you very much. I would not have guessed they were baby bristle worms!