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Drock169 10-22-2008 04:22 PM

Thought I'd share this mornings find with you guys
 
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...9/P1020069.jpg
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...9/P1020071.jpg

It appears to be a large black nudibranch.

Aquattro 10-22-2008 04:27 PM

cool!

fkshiu 10-22-2008 04:29 PM

Nice. Get it ID'd at http://www.seaslugforum.net/

Diana 10-22-2008 06:29 PM

Derek that is gross. Where did you find it? What was it eating? hehe ;)

OceanicCorals-Ian- 10-22-2008 06:57 PM

That looks like it could be a species of Polyclad Flatworm, some of these are predatory. I had a huge one in my old tank that cleaned me out of almost every snail and Clam I owned. Put it in the sump until you have an ID.

:surprise:

Drock169 10-22-2008 07:35 PM

The thing that makes me think its a dorid nudi is because it has the gills near the anus, although they arent shown in the picture. It looked like Pseudoceros sapphrinus, but there flourescent blue ring around it and i dont think the polyclad worms have the gills by the anus but i'm definitely no expert.

Diana I found a black ball in my tank and decided to investigate it, it could be why some of my zoas have been disappearing but i thought that was more crab related.

justinl 10-22-2008 08:13 PM

sweet! yeah I was about to suggest a planarian, but the gills you describe would definitely make it a dorid nudibranch. wonder what it was eating...

Whatigot 10-22-2008 08:23 PM

whatever it was, it looks like it had a lot of it.....

Diana 10-22-2008 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drock169 (Post 353923)
it has the gills near the anus

:eek: What were you doing snooping around its anus!?


Okay okay I am bored at school. :D :twised:

OceanicCorals-Ian- 10-22-2008 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diana (Post 353940)
:eek: What were you doing snooping around its anus!?


Okay okay I am bored at school. :D :twised:

:lol:


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