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09/08/2007, 10:25 PM
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ID Help Please
I just say these two guys, and pulled them out to get a pic and ID. The mush have hiched a ride with some roch a couple of months ago. They are hard like a snail on the light spots. Any ideas?
  
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09/08/2007, 10:43 PM
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stomatella. nothing to worry about.
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09/08/2007, 11:30 PM
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Reef Monkey
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Are you sure that's a stomatella? That's kind of what I thought when I first saw it, but the foot (I think that's the term) on all the stomatella's I've seen aren't that symmetrical around the shell. It mainly extends behind the body. Otherwise, I do agree it looks like a stomatella. All of mine are more of an off-white color, but I have seen a black one once before.
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09/09/2007, 01:14 AM
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chitons?
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09/09/2007, 04:46 AM
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limpet??
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09/09/2007, 07:02 AM
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Whistler's Mother
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They look like Keyhole limpets to me. As far as I know, they are harmless algae grazers.
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09/09/2007, 08:18 AM
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They're Scutus, a type of limpet. They're mostly reef safe, but on a rare occasion they've been known to take a nibble on some corals, though the damage usually isn't major.
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