Spiky thing sticking to snail shell

[Subnautica]

"Wut iz thiz?" My little brother asks.

 

[SHNICI]

look like a sponge
can you get photo under white light please ?

 

[Subnautica]

look like a sponge

It's very hard/solid. Some flame algae got stuck in it and hard to remove.

 

[SHNICI]

It's very hard/solid. Some flame algae got stuck in it and hard to remove.

photo under white the focus and the zoom it's enough I think (get few different angles

 

[JGT]

It's very hard/solid. Some flame algae got stuck in it and hard to remove.

Agree, looks like a sponge. They can be hard and spiky.

 

[SHNICI]

Agree, looks like a sponge. They can be hard and spiky.

because I see some spikes there I think it's sponge, but none is that hard to touching even the calcareous sponges (don't know what pressure he put on it)

 

[Subnautica]

I took it at 100% White under the Kessil light. It's still blue :/

Just retook some pics under a different LED

 

[Subnautica]

@JGT @SHNICI

 

[SHNICI]

hmmm, it look now like a clam with algae on it

 

[SHNICI]

can you brush it with toothbrush a bit, you will see it, and take new photo under the white

 

[Subnautica]

because I see some spikes there I think it's sponge, but none is that hard to touching even the calcareous sponges (don't know what pressure he put on it)

Yeah I just tried touching it and thr spikes aren't hard. But the core/body is like a shell.

 

[Subnautica]

can you brush it with toothbrush a bit, you will see it, and take new photo under the white

I'm afraid it will die if I brush it? It's been staying in the same spot on the shell for weeks.

 

[SHNICI]

Yeah I just tried touching it and thr spikes aren't hard. But the core/body is like a shell.

yo got it I think

 

[JGT]

@JGT @SHNICI

Does it move or is it always on the snail shell? Looks like something with algae stuck in it.

 

[SHNICI]

yo got it I think

don't take the metal wire brush

 

[Subnautica]

@SHNICI I just brushed it with a toothbrush and it did nothing. Looks like the spikes are part of the body.

 

[JGT]

Yeah I just tried touching it and thr spikes aren't hard. But the core/body is like a shell.

Thinking it could be a barnacle with some algae on the shell.

 

[Subnautica]

Thinking it could be a barnacle with some algae on the shell.

I heard about barnacles but don't know what exactly they are. Are they like snails?

 

[SHNICI]

I heard about barnacles but don't know what exactly they are. Are they like snails?

filter feeders with "feather" like for grabbing particles from the water

 

[Subnautica]

Cool. Thanks all. I appreciate the help