found this in a cloves coral.

[Mmiyamoto]

Hello everybody, How are you ?

I speak directly here from Brazil and I say hello from here to all of you.

I'm new here at r2r. I am searching in forums here in Brazil but I am having difficulties in identifying this "animal" that I found. at first I don't know if it is an animal, plant, parasite, etc. and I came here to ask for help from this community.

acquire a seedling of coral cloves papaya with two polyps. at the base of one of them i noticed that there was something dark. looking closer I saw that it had a "daisy" shape. I thought it was a new polyp being born but I decided to find out not to run the risk of being a parasite. with the help of a needle I went to investigate and saw that it detached from the base with a lot of mucus.

I took these pictures with a microscope to try to help in the identification. they are between 2 and 4 millimeters in size.

Thank you for your help

 

[Cell]

Welcome to R2R! Can't help on the ID but I'm sure someone will be able to. Baby anemones perhaps?

 

[BeltedCoyote]

welcome to R2R. I’m a bit of a newb so I can’t say what that is.

let’s get @ReefSquad in here. I have a feeling they’ll have an idea of what you’re dealing with

 

[Mmiyamoto]

Welcome to R2R! Can't help on the ID but I'm sure someone will be able to. Baby anemones perhaps?

Hi Cell!
Well, it had no tentacles. it was flat as a flat worm.

 

[Mmiyamoto]

Hi Cell!
Well, it had no tentacles. it was flat as a flat worm.

or the tentacle is so small that it appears to be flat...

Thanks for the welcome.

 

[Mmiyamoto]

welcome to R2R. I’m a bit of a newb so I can’t say what that is.

let’s get @ReefSquad in here. I have a feeling they’ll have an idea of what you’re dealing with

thanks for the welcome and help.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

thanks for the welcome and help.

my pleasure! I only know as much as I do because of the amazing people on this forum. Least I can do is pass it on, ya know?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pics a little fuzzy to tell

 

[Mmiyamoto]

[QUOTE = "BeltedCoyote, post: 7735925, membro: 127698"]
O prazer é meu! Eu só sei o quanto sei por causa das pessoas incríveis deste fórum. O mínimo que posso fazer é passar adiante, sabe?
[/CITAR]
Eu concordo com você! o conhecimento deve ser compartilhado e tento compartilhar o quanto sei. Sigo na esperança de identificar o animal / alga / etc na foto

 

[BeltedCoyote]

[QUOTE = "BeltedCoyote, post: 7735925, membro: 127698"]
O prazer é meu! Eu só sei o quanto sei por causa das pessoas incríveis deste fórum. O mínimo que posso fazer é passar adiante, sabe?
[/CITAR]
Eu concordo com você! o conhecimento deve ser compartilhado e tento compartilhar o quanto sei. Sigo na esperança de identificar o animal / alga / etc na foto

oye hombre. Puedo hablar en español. Soy un peruano y español. Pero no puedo entender que significa esta “quote”

puedo entender un poco de portuguesa. Pero en realidad hablo inglés y castellano.

 

[Mmiyamoto]

oye hombre. Puedo hablar en español. Soy un peruano y español. Pero no puedo entender que significa esta “quote”

puedo entender un poco de portuguesa. Pero en realidad hablo inglés y castellano.

Sorry. I was speaking in another forum here in Brazil and I answered here in Portuguese by accident. my inattention! Sorry!
I was saying that I agree with you! knowledge must be shared and I try to share as much as I know. I follow in hopes of identifying the animal / seaweed / etc in the photo

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Sorry. I was speaking in another forum here in Brazil and I answered here in Portuguese by accident. my inattention! Sorry!
I was saying that I agree with you! knowledge must be shared and I try to share as much as I know. I follow in hopes of identifying the animal / seaweed / etc in the photo

No worries lol. I thought it was portugués. I responded in Spanish because I could half understand what you said. Kind of a knee jerk reaction on my part as well! I don’t speak Portuguese so I went with the language I know that’s most similar. (Compared to English lol)

I’m here for the same reason. Sorry for the confusion my friend!

 

[jay06705]

Welcome to R2R!!

 

[samnaz]

Maybe a tunicate?

 

[TriggerFinger]

Agree with tunicates

 

[Mmiyamoto]

I hadn't thought about tunicates, and really, after the suggestion of being a tunicate, that was the journey I took until I found what I believe to be the animal in question.
they are B. schlosseri zooids. for those interested, I found a website talking a little more about these animals.

Botryllus schlosseri - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Botryllus schlosseri, commonly known as the star ascidian or golden star tunicate, is a colonial ascidian tunicate that grows on slowmoving, submerged objects, plants, and animals in nearshore saltwater environments. Individual zooids may grow to 3 millimetres (0.12in) in size, with colonies reach

alchetron.com

Well, I think the mystery is solved! thanks for everyone's help with the identification of these animals!

 

[samnaz]

I hadn't thought about tunicates, and really, after the suggestion of being a tunicate, that was the journey I took until I found what I believe to be the animal in question.
they are B. schlosseri zooids. for those interested, I found a website talking a little more about these animals.

Botryllus schlosseri - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Botryllus schlosseri, commonly known as the star ascidian or golden star tunicate, is a colonial ascidian tunicate that grows on slowmoving, submerged objects, plants, and animals in nearshore saltwater environments. Individual zooids may grow to 3 millimetres (0.12in) in size, with colonies reach

alchetron.com

Well, I think the mystery is solved! thanks for everyone's help with the identification of these animals!

Super cool, nice find.