Mar 18, 2023 #1 Saskdevil Community Member View Badges Joined Mar 21, 2022 Messages 44 Reaction score 27 Location British Columbia What state or country do you live in Canada Rating - 0% 0 0 0 IT looks like I have Spirorbid Worms growing on my palythoa. Is this normal ? Should I be concerned?
Mar 18, 2023 #2 encrustingacro 2500 Club Member View Badges Pacific Northwest Reefers Joined Aug 24, 2020 Messages 2,525 Reaction score 2,264 Location Washington State Rating - 0% 0 0 0 I did not know that spirobid worms could grow on soft flesh. Also, that's a Zoanthus, not a Palythoa. Palythoa have a rough/sandy mesoglea, capitulary ridges, and thinner, tapering tentacles.
I did not know that spirobid worms could grow on soft flesh. Also, that's a Zoanthus, not a Palythoa. Palythoa have a rough/sandy mesoglea, capitulary ridges, and thinner, tapering tentacles.
Mar 19, 2023 #3 OP OP Saskdevil Community Member View Badges Joined Mar 21, 2022 Messages 44 Reaction score 27 Location British Columbia What state or country do you live in Canada Rating - 0% 0 0 0 encrustingacro said: I did not know that spirobid worms could grow on soft flesh. Also, that's a Zoanthus, not a Palythoa. Palythoa have a rough/sandy mesoglea, capitulary ridges, and thinner, tapering tentacles. Click to expand... Here is a better picture. Attachments 20230318_221030.jpg 89.9 KB · Views: 43 20230318_221021.jpg 101.1 KB · Views: 40
encrustingacro said: I did not know that spirobid worms could grow on soft flesh. Also, that's a Zoanthus, not a Palythoa. Palythoa have a rough/sandy mesoglea, capitulary ridges, and thinner, tapering tentacles. Click to expand... Here is a better picture.