Need an ID

[That one guy]

Anyone knows what this is? Some sort of nudi? Barely moves

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Weird, I somehow edited this with a period only. I don't remember exactly what I said.

I was originally excited because my friend just found a tiny hitchhiking basket star and I thought it could be that, but looking at the picture closer, I was probably envious without reason.

I think what you have is a version of a curly nudi. The genus is Phyllodesmium. I believe there is a few that look similar. I don't remember what they ate exactly, but it's probably coral of some sort. I'll see if I can find it on the Sea Slug site. (I'm still envious, but I shouldn't admit to that. People already look at me oddly :)

Pull it off and out, to get a better look.

 

[That one guy]

There

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That indeed looks like a dying curly. I'm sorry, I was going to go look that up, wasn't I. I'm going right now to confirm. I haven't seen one in awhile.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I just enlarged it and I can see it's digestive tract. It's a nudi.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Do you see him in this link? You don't need to ID him exactly, as all species eat octocorals. ut does he look like that general group?

Goggle Nudi Pics

 

[That one guy]

Yea I do

Do you see him in this link?

Goggle Nudi Pics

 

[That one guy]

It's the one that's in a Red Sea fan like mine that's the one

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I'm sure you're not as excited to have him as I am to see him. It's literally been a couple years since I've seen one. I was really hoping for the basket star though. LOL.

 

[That one guy]

Is it good to have? Will it eat any coral?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Ya, you'll want to remove him.

 

[That one guy]

Aw dang he looks cool tho

 

[Lionfish Lair]

If you only knew the hitchhikers I set up separate tanks for.

 

[That one guy]

You want it before I feed it to my lobo?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Where do you live?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Oh and I should say, you wouldn't be saving him. I would take lots of pictures and then flush him myself. I wouldn't be able to feed him. But if you live somewhere cold, he wouldn't make it alive.

 

[That one guy]

Cali