Muscle ID?

[Om3ga's Reef]

Had bought a torch over a year ago that had this on it. Thought it was just a random growth on the skeleton. Torch died randomly but kept the skeleton in the tank. Was looking over things earlier and I could have swore I saw it move. Come to find out, it did. See vid.

It's quite benign and seems to have done well, but I'm curious as to what kind of muscle it could be.

Any ideas?

 

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

Sadly, I can't see the video. Can you try uploading via YouTube or posting screen shots?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Had bought a torch over a year ago that had this on it. Thought it was just a random growth on the skeleton. Torch died randomly but kept the skeleton in the tank. Was looking over things earlier and I could have swore I saw it move. Come to find out, it did. See vid.

It's quite benign and seems to have done well, but I'm curious as to what kind of muscle it could be.

Any ideas?

Please post a you tube version video under white light intensity. This one does not play

 

[Om3ga's Reef]

Sadly, I can't see the video. Can you try uploading via YouTube or posting screen shots?

Ah darn, ok

 

[Om3ga's Reef]

Hopefully this works

 

[Om3ga's Reef]

 

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

Hopefully this works

Yes, it works, thanks! But I don't think I'll be help ID-ing. Hopefully, someone will come along and ID it for you! In the meantime, I'll go ahead and tag @ISpeakForTheSeas.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Well, going on the general shape, I'd guess some kind of oyster, but I couldn't tell you beyond that from here - bivalves are generally easier to ID when dead so you can examine the inside for diagnostic characteristics (the fresher the bivalve, the easier), and when you can't really see the outside due to stuff growing on them, it gets really hard to say.