Need an ID

That one guy · Jan 1, 2016

Anyone knows what this is? Some sort of nudi? Barely moves

Lionfish Lair · Jan 1, 2016

Weird, I somehow edited this with a period only. I don't remember exactly what I said.

I was originally excited because my friend just found a tiny hitchhiking basket star and I thought it could be that, but looking at the picture closer, I was probably envious without reason.

I think what you have is a version of a curly nudi. The genus is Phyllodesmium. I believe there is a few that look similar. I don't remember what they ate exactly, but it's probably coral of some sort. I'll see if I can find it on the Sea Slug site. (I'm still envious, but I shouldn't admit to that. People already look at me oddly

Pull it off and out, to get a better look.

That one guy · Jan 1, 2016

There

Lionfish Lair · Jan 1, 2016

That indeed looks like a dying curly. I'm sorry, I was going to go look that up, wasn't I. I'm going right now to confirm. I haven't seen one in awhile.

Lionfish Lair · Jan 1, 2016

I just enlarged it and I can see it's digestive tract. It's a nudi.

Lionfish Lair · Jan 1, 2016

Do you see him in this link? You don't need to ID him exactly, as all species eat octocorals. ut does he look like that general group?

Goggle Nudi Pics

That one guy · Jan 1, 2016

Yea I do

Lionfish Lair said:
Do you see him in this link?

Goggle Nudi Pics

That one guy · Jan 1, 2016

It's the one that's in a Red Sea fan like mine that's the one

Lionfish Lair · Jan 1, 2016

I'm sure you're not as excited to have him as I am to see him. It's literally been a couple years since I've seen one. I was really hoping for the basket star though. LOL.

That one guy · Jan 1, 2016

Is it good to have? Will it eat any coral?

Lionfish Lair · Jan 1, 2016

Ya, you'll want to remove him.

That one guy · Jan 2, 2016

Aw dang he looks cool tho

Lionfish Lair · Jan 2, 2016

If you only knew the hitchhikers I set up separate tanks for.

That one guy · Jan 2, 2016

You want it before I feed it to my lobo?

Lionfish Lair · Jan 2, 2016

Where do you live?

Lionfish Lair · Jan 2, 2016

Oh and I should say, you wouldn't be saving him. I would take lots of pictures and then flush him myself. I wouldn't be able to feed him. But if you live somewhere cold, he wouldn't make it alive.