What is this invert?

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Hi all. Got this as a hitchhiker in one of the frags I got. What is this critter? Please advise.

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It doesn't seem to move much, judging from those photos, so I would say it is definitely slug(g)ish.
 
Looks like a Dermatobranchus sp., but I'm not entirely sure which one. My best guess would be Dermatobranchus diagonalis, but - regardless of species - if it is a Dermatobranchus sp., it's not reef safe (they eat octocorals - softies, gorgonians, GSP, etc.).

Some other (at least sometimes) relatively similar species:
Dermatobranchus striatus
Dermatobranchus caesitius
Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus
Dermatobranchus earlei
Dermatobranchus funiculus
Dermatobranchus phyllodes
 
Thanks. I saw it on my clove polyps in the morning . I’ve removed it and hoping it didn’t lay eggs already
 

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