Hitchhiker ID Needed - Short Video

[anglfish]

could it be that you found a new species?

are you going to call it "the Bev" ?


(sorry this post does not add any value to this thread)

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Veng68

send a picture of it to one of the magazine or Dr Ron.

Vic,

Dr. Ron won't be back until Saturday, so I can't post it on his forum until then. He might be one of the better folks to post it to. Then, I was thinking of Eric Borneman, but he's been getting threats and bad cr*p happening on his forum, so he's not available until whatever's going on there is cleared up

What magazines were you thinking of? I don't have any pics (can't take a good pic for the life of me), but I can send one or both videos. If you have addresses of magazines, I'd appreciate having them. Thanks

Angela,

You make me smile

[christyf5]

Bev, you could try Calfos forum on the Marine Depot website as well. Sometimes he's pretty handy with the ID's. I swear I've seen that algae before somewhere, I wonder if its in one of his books.

[Veng68]

On second though maybe a forum is better (you will get faster results).

If you must try a magazine..........

Try Charles Delbeek at Aquarium Fish Magazine:
http://www.aquariumfish.com/aquarium...quest_form.asp

choose reef aquarist.

if it catches his fancy..... he may answer quickly.

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

[Beverly]

Arrrggghhh!! My computer's been messing up

Christy,

Just posted the videos and a whole bunch of info to Calfo's forum. Hope he can "Name That Blob"

Vic,

Have just made my querie to Aquarium Fish Magazine. Thanks for the link

[Beverly]

Someone on RC suggested a broader search for the genus Predaea.

After MORE Googling, found this pic looks quite a bit like my blob, complete with bubbles inside. Pic is from.....

http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atoll...t/ukalgesp.htm



ID would be Predaea laciniosa if the above image and what I have are the same.

What do y'all think? Could this be the correct ID?

[Delphinus]

Well, my first guess would have been Padabaleaaeyayyae-i-e-i-o labeedoobydoobydoo but I suppose Predaea laciniosa seems plausible enough as well.

[AJ_77]

must... stop... laughing...

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Padabaleaaeyayyae-i-e-i-o labeedoobydoobydoo

hey, try saying that even once...



But yeah, so what Bev has is a funky red alga that occupies outer reef slopes? cool.

[Beverly]

Tried saying it THREE times, and still can't get it right

Also IDed another red macroalgae, Gracilaria abbottiana, in my reef from that page....



And some coralline, Mastophora pacifica, too....



Still have one more MA that needs ID. It looks like Amansia rhodantha, but not quite....



That is a cool page for macroaglae ID

[Beverly]

Gads! I'm on a macroalgae roll

Used to have lots of Codium edule until the tank change, from.....

http://uhs2-204-1.crdg.hawaii.edu/hw...=new.htm&-view



Have some Peyssonnelia sp. ....

http://www.poppe-images.com/images/i...p?picid=915078

And from here....

http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/eng...nnellia/sp.htm

We have a rock encrusted with this Peyssonnelia sp. ....




Now, back to the blob. Quote from Anthony Calfo...

It looks like it could be a Nemastoma species (see page 104 of my Reef Invertebrates book plus text entry).

Anybody have this book for reference?

Here's a pic of a Nemastoma sp. from here....

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/g...Nemastoma2.htm



But other photos from algaebase.org do not look anything like our blob. Very confusing