Anyone know what this is???

[DSPENCE]

It's a hitchhiker on the bottom of an Acan colony. Color showed up within the last 24 hours, prior to that it was all clear with tiny yellow dots all over. No tentacles or other surface features and it hasn't moved.

 

[Cary Meredith]

No idea but interested to find out what it is.

 

[Sm51498]

Likewise, I'm clueless. Looks fascinating

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

like this?
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=692774

 

[cloak]

At first glance it almost looks like some sort of nudibranch in a cocoon.

 

[DSPENCE]

like this?
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=692774

Thanks...nope not a flatworm.

At first glance it almost looks like some sort of nudibranch in a cocoon.

Are there species that make cocoons?

 

[stevo01]

Cool!

 

[Cary Meredith]

At first glance it almost looks like some sort of nudibranch in a cocoon.

kinda what I thought at first but...

 

[stevo01]

Im curious if its attached.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Could it be a tunicate?

Something like a Corella species.

 

[TbyZ]

reminds me of one of these

but very unlikely

 

[DSPENCE]

Im curious if its attached.

Yes, it's attached..doesn't move.

 

[DSPENCE]

reminds me of one of these

but very unlikely

Looks a lot like that.....what is it??

 

[TbyZ]

Looks a lot like that.....what is it??

Looks a lot like that.....what is it??

The Atlantic Portuguese man o' war, also known as the man-of-war, blue bottle, or floating terror, is a marine hydrozoan of the family Physaliidae found in the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Wikipedia

 

[DSPENCE]

The Atlantic Portuguese man o' war, also known as the man-of-war, blue bottle, or floating terror, is a marine hydrozoan of the family Physaliidae found in the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Wikipedia

You were right...not likely. It wasn't originally blue in the center either, just clear with yellow dots all over it. It's also attached.

 

[DSPENCE]

Could it be a tunicate?

Something like a Corella species.

I've been leaning toward tunicate....is interesting that it didn't have color in the center all along.

 

[stevo01]

As it grows it will become more clear. I like lions call.

 

[cloak]

If it is a Tunicate wouldn't there be two openings or vents somewhere among the mass?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

There actually is.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

You can actually see the one siphon clearly and there are a couple of others spots where the other could be, like right across/down from it to the left and the very top probably has one. However, the siphon isn't always visible/evident either, especially where it's out of the water and collapsed. I'm pretty certain that's what it is, to be honest. I can see it rather plainly.