Coral shipment hitchhiker

[doobiadave]

Anyone have a clue what this is? I found it on a elegance coral

 

[Tired]

Oo! Interesting. Coral shipment from where?

Can you take a photo from another angle? My first thought is some sort of sea cucumber, or maybe a nudibranch.

 

[doobiadave]

Came from eye catching corals I thought it was cucumber from the tendrils it uses to move

 

[Tired]

It continues to be interesting! The tube feet do say echinoderm, though it's an odd-looking one.

Does the coral look damaged at all?

I would be inclined to put this in a reasonably large cup of water, with maybe an algae-covered shell or something, until finding out a bit more about it. It should be fine in a big cup for a few days if you do the occasional 100% water change (read: pour the cup back into the tank and scoop it full again) now and then.

 

[doobiadave]

I have a shell with some hair algae what do you think about that? And I can use a 16oz deli cup

 

[doobiadave]

also the elegance coral it was on was perfectly healthy it was attached to the skeleton structure underneath far away from the flesh

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I think you're right that it's a sea cucumber. I'd guess it's a sand-sifting species, but I could be wrong.

 

[doobiadave]

I think you're right that it's a sea cucumber. I'd guess it's a sand-sifting species, but I could be wrong.

Yea its weird though I put some sand and a algae rubble rock and it climbs to almost the top of the cup lol