Little yellow hitchhiker

[ConvertedSalty]

I have another hitchhiker, is this little guy friend or foe?

 

[Soren]

Maybe a yellow sea cucumber? From what I've read, they are one of the cucumber options that do not nuke the tank if they die.
Another possibility is some type of nudibranch.

 

[DrZoidburg]

Looks like a slug or nudibranch. @Soren that's a good guess too. I cant really see this well. What did it come in on?

 

[ConvertedSalty]

Here is a better photo. He was in the bag with a ricordea frag.

 

[ConvertedSalty]

I used the "search for like images" option on my phone and it came up with.... a cockroach, a yellow ladybug, an axoltl a caterpiller and... a pickle.

 

[Soren]

I used the "search for like images" option on my phone and it came up with.... a cockroach, a yellow ladybug, an axoltl a caterpiller and... a pickle.

Though all of those might be possibilities, they all seem unlikely to me, just sayin'!

Here is a better photo. He was in the bag with a ricordea frag.

Now I'm curious if those are tube feet at the top of the picture? I would not have expected that.
Also, I still consider the same possibilities as my first post on this thread with more likelihood on it being a yellow sea cucumber.

...which has been "pickled" in salt water, so I guess "pickle" might be a correct ID!?!

 

[DrZoidburg]

What steers me away from yellow sea cucumber is the suckers it looks like it is walking on, and black spots. Plus they are from Indian ocean. Was it wild caught ricordea?

 

[ConvertedSalty]

I don't believe they specified. It was from World Wide Corals. It does appear to have little legs when it moved.

 

[Soren]

What steers me away from yellow sea cucumber is the suckers it looks like it is walking on, and black spots. Plus they are from Indian ocean. Was it wild caught ricordea?

Yes, I am really curious if those are tube feet we see in the detail picture.

I don't believe they specified. It was from World Wide Corals. It does appear to have little legs when it moved.

Tube feet seemingly confirmed? I am curious what this is!

 

[DrZoidburg]

Some do have these feet they are related to starfish. Check image search "Thyonella" these are found on the gulf coast. Some smaller ones look kind of similar to yours above.

 

[kmanuele]

“Sea cucumbers” are echinoderms and generally have tube feet.

“Sea slugs” are mollusks and do not have tube feet.

These common names so there might be some overlap, but it is a good starting point for research

 

[Uncle99]

When in doubt……..me……I leave them out.

 

[bnord]

I would bet a cup of coffee it is a cucumber - clearly tube feet

 

[vetteguy53081]

Not a cucumber but related to Yellow Noumea Nudibranch
most yellow variety no good- discard. There are a couple that eat caulerpa and unereaten food- This is not one

 

[Uzidaisies]

Cucumber

 

[Uzidaisies]

Three rowed sea cucumber.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Im disagreeing with cucumber, so I went to my PC with a large screen and OOps = Cucumber
This one is a Stichopus horrens WHICH EATS DETRITUS. They can be toxic if threatened and do not tolerate high nitrate well

Member of Holothuroidea grouping

 

[ConvertedSalty]

I would bet a cup of coffee it is a cucumber - clearly tube feet

That is a pretty serious bet!

 

[ConvertedSalty]

Im disagreeing with cucumber, so I went to my PC with a large screen and OOps = Cucumber
This one is a Stichopus horrens WHICH EATS DETRITUS. They can be toxic if threatened and do not tolerate high nitrate well

Member of Holothuroidea grouping

That sure looks exactly the same. I think I'm going to omit it from my group of tenants. This guy looks like he wouldn't pay rent on time anyways.