Growing on Astraea Snail

Idoc · Apr 16, 2018

Can anyone identify these 2 things growing on my astraea snail?

**I tried to upload 2 additional up-close pictures of the items, but it's not letting me show them full size in the post for some reason. You might have to click on them individually.

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Crabs McJones · Apr 16, 2018

The one looks like a feather duster somehow planted itself on your snail, and the other one looks like Acetabulia algae

Idoc · Apr 16, 2018

crabs_mcjones said:
The one looks like a feather duster somehow planted itself on your snail, and the other one looks like Acetabulia algae

Thanks! I think you nailed it on the algae type! I couldn't find anything that looked like it, but that looks just like it. I guess I'll leave both of them go for a ride, lol.