Critter on Glass

[ReefTanker91]

Found this around 12am on my glass. Not sure what it is. I’m just worried it might be a flat worm.



Tried google reverse image search and this is the closest I could find.

Conualevia alba - Google Search

 

[Michael71]

Look at image K.... so maybe some sort of polyclad flatworm

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Wholemounts-of-polyclad-flatworms-in-the-suborder-Cotylea-A-Prosthiostomum-grande-B_fig2_318342864

 

[Michael71]

According to this article if it is a loyclad flatworm its in its juvenile stage which makes it very difficult to ID.

New paper out on the phylogenomics of polyclad flatworms

I, along with my colleagues Kate Rawlinson and Bernhard Egger and my former advisors Michael Cummings and Allen Collins, published a new paper on the phylogenomics of polyclad flatworms and larval...

www.goodheartlab.com

 

[ReefTanker91]

Thank you Michael, I’ll look into it.

 

[Michael71]

From what i have read these things eat snails. Can destroy a cleanup crew but you have ro be careful removing from tank, if they tear they can release a toxin in the water. Coax it onto a container or small piece of rock/ shell to remove it