Flatworm ID

[krayzie]

Hi guys

Can I please get an ID on what type of flatworm this is? I took this under a microscope

I caught a few on a Acanthophyzllia (desh)

Thanks

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Bumpers

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

It feels a bit ironic to ask, but could you get a pic that's a bit more zoomed out? Pics of it on the coral and less closely zoomed in on under the microscope could help here.

If not, my first thought would be a Waminoa species, but I definitely don't feel confident on that guess from the pic.

 

[krayzie]

It feels a bit ironic to ask, but could you get a pic that's a bit more zoomed out? Pics of it on the coral and less closely zoomed in on under the microscope could help here.

If not, my first thought would be a Waminoa species, but I definitely don't feel confident on that guess from the pic.

Hi Mate. I have attached 2 photos. One for size reference of a microscope slide and a less zoomed in photo

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Hi Mate. I have attached 2 photos. One for size reference of a microscope slide and a less zoomed in photo

Still hard to say for sure, but I'm still leaning toward a Waminoa species - they're mostly harmless if so, but it's still generally recommended to remove them (or at least to keep their numbers down). For comparison, the link below is just a photo of a bunch of different Waminoa species:

https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0944200618302368-gr2.jpg

And, this one has a few more:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Photographs-of-Waminoa-specimens-and-their-hosts-a-Specimen-18-host-Echinophyllia-sp_fig2_324516348