As a little passion project I'm trying to identify these feather dusters. I believe these are likely from the genus
Bispira. Their crowns are even all the way around, no gaps like in the
Sabellastarte genus, which is the genus the feather dusters commonly available to hobby belong to. So for now,
Bispira sp. (sp. is an abbreviation for species and is used when the exact species is unknown/undescribed) is what ive come to, maybe
Bispira Brunea.
@ISpeakForTheSeas, mind checking my work?
Anyways, here's some pics from around the reef.
Here's some shots of the dusters in question
I believe this is a spiny oyster, there is a second one, but is currently being carried away by the urchin lol. These came in with the macroalgae, which was mounted on a cluster of spiny oyster shells.
This feather duster hitchhiked in on my sbb corals order back in August he's grown quite a lot since, he is the only tubeworm with a calcium carbonite tube in this tank, for now.
The big guy's tube is growing upwards! :)
New kind of sponge has filled in the gap left by the pineapple sponges, most of them died when I had to move the tank.
I hope you enjoyed this critter spotlight! I love hitchhikers!
Here's some blooper shots
