Tiny colorfull flatworm

[Dutch_Mill]

Did not manage to photograph this flatworm yesterday but now I got a good shot. Any ideas?

 

[blaxsun]

Have you decided on a name? I think "Pip" is a good choice.

 

[Dutch_Mill]

Have you decided on a name? I think "Pip" is a good choice.

Is pip a hidden hint towards what kind of animal it is or?

 

[blaxsun]

Is pip a hidden hint towards what kind of animal it is or?

No, just the first nickname that came to mind. How'd you manage to catch it?

 

[Dutch_Mill]

I 'shake out' corals I buy to see what critters hide in them before it goes into the dipping phases.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I know this may not be possible, but do you think you could get a closer up, focused pic of the worm? If not, my guess is a species from the Pseudocerotidae family, probably either Pseudoceros sp. or Pseudobiceros sp. like Pseudoceros paralaticlavus, the Goldrim Flatworm. I don't think it's that species (though I guess it could be a juvenile specimen), but that one and similar species are the closest I know at the moment.

 

[Dutch_Mill]

I know this may not be possible, but do you think you could get a closer up, focused pic of the worm? If not, my guess is a species from the Pseudocerotidae family, probably either Pseudoceros sp. or Pseudobiceros sp. like Pseudoceros paralaticlavus, the Goldrim Flatworm. I don't think it's that species (though I guess it could be a juvenile specimen), but that one and similar species are the closest I know at the moment.

I'll try to take a clearer picture. I think it came with a coral that had a piece of white sponge on it. These kind of flatworms tend to be sponge food specialists right?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I'll try to take a clearer picture. I think it came with a coral that had a piece of white sponge on it. These kind of flatworms tend to be sponge food specialists right?

I'm not honestly sure. Pseudocerotids tend to be immobile invertebrate specialists (sponges, tunicates, etc.), so they may be, but I don't know if they eat corals as well or not (I can't find much info on the family besides their taxonomy). For Pseudoceros specifically, however, the only species I know the preferred feed for is P. indicus, which prefers the tunicates Eudistoma toealensis and E. viridis.