creature id

jdm0012 · 08/25/2006, 05:06 AM

Anyone have one of these? It is about 1/8-1/4 of an inch with a round body and eight arms? He is currently in my substrate and has since moved so this is the only picture I have.
Thanks for any input or links.

jdm0012 · 08/25/2006, 05:08 AM

The creature is in the very center of the picture. Not sure how to circle him like I've seen others do, is that a feature of photo software?

KDodds · 08/25/2006, 05:57 AM

Probably a bristleworm, but really impossible to say from the pic.

jdm0012 · 08/25/2006, 10:48 AM

are there round bristleworms?

TKByrnes · 08/25/2006, 11:18 AM

here you go jmd0012 hope you dont mind me helping out. im not sure what it is though. gl

KDodds · 08/25/2006, 11:30 AM

Looks like the end of a bristleworm, curling upwards, to me.

TKByrnes · 08/25/2006, 01:36 PM

I dont think that looks like a bristleworm. but i could be wrong

Travis L. Stevens · 08/25/2006, 01:37 PM

It almost looks like the underside of a bivalve. We'll definitely need better pictures. It doesn't look like any polychaete worms i've ever seen in any position.

Sk8r · 08/25/2006, 02:12 PM

Don't think it's a worm.

jdm0012 · 08/25/2006, 04:53 PM

TKByrnes- Thanks for the help with the circle.
It's not the end of a worm, in the picture it is between a piece of crushed coral and the glass so it is thin.The arms are are somewhat curled up in the picture but you can see that the lower left is somewhat extended.
I will try and find him again and get a better picture so we can figure out what it is.

TKByrnes · 08/25/2006, 06:12 PM

no problem. i hope you find out what it is.

ACBlinky · 08/25/2006, 06:44 PM

It looks symmetrical, it attaches to glass and disappears into the substrate, and has eight arms? Could it be some sort of starfish? Is there a way you could crop the section of the picture with the creature and just post that section so we can see a larger image of it? (MS Paint will allow you to do this fairly simply).

TKByrnes · 08/25/2006, 06:59 PM

ok i made it bigger for you but it kinda made it blurry

jdm0012 · 08/25/2006, 07:28 PM

Thanks again TKByrnes
I agree ACBlinky it is more like a starfish then a worm.
I have been searching throughout the evening and have not seen him/it again. Advantage to the creature...1/8-1/4 inch in 90 gallons I may not seen it again for some time if ever....unless it grows.

TKByrnes · 08/25/2006, 07:49 PM

no problem once again.

jdm0012 · 08/26/2006, 06:03 AM

bump

jdm0012 · 08/27/2006, 04:32 AM

bump

08/25/2006, 05:06 AM	#1
jdm0012 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 76	creature id Anyone have one of these? It is about 1/8-1/4 of an inch with a round body and eight arms? He is currently in my substrate and has since moved so this is the only picture I have. Thanks for any input or links.

08/25/2006, 05:57 AM	#3
KDodds Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Suffern, NY Posts: 2,731	Probably a bristleworm, but really impossible to say from the pic. __________________ The sum of my knowledge is great, the sum of my ignorance greater still Kieron Dodds Administrator Inside Aquatics Current Tank Info: 450 Reef/180 FOWLR/125 ARLC/40 Seahorse/12 Planted/12 Planted

08/25/2006, 11:18 AM	#5
TKByrnes Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfield, PA Posts: 1,331	here you go jmd0012 hope you dont mind me helping out. im not sure what it is though. gl __________________ Baby it was on sale half price I PROMISE!!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gal mixed reef-55 gal sump-mag 9.5 return pump-10 gal frag tank 15 gal refugium. 2x 150 watt HQI outer orbit 4x pc actinic

08/25/2006, 11:30 AM	#6
KDodds Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Suffern, NY Posts: 2,731	Looks like the end of a bristleworm, curling upwards, to me. __________________ The sum of my knowledge is great, the sum of my ignorance greater still Kieron Dodds Administrator Inside Aquatics Current Tank Info: 450 Reef/180 FOWLR/125 ARLC/40 Seahorse/12 Planted/12 Planted

08/25/2006, 01:36 PM	#7
TKByrnes Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfield, PA Posts: 1,331	I dont think that looks like a bristleworm. but i could be wrong __________________ Baby it was on sale half price I PROMISE!!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gal mixed reef-55 gal sump-mag 9.5 return pump-10 gal frag tank 15 gal refugium. 2x 150 watt HQI outer orbit 4x pc actinic

08/25/2006, 05:08 AM	#2
jdm0012 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 76	The creature is in the very center of the picture. Not sure how to circle him like I've seen others do, is that a feature of photo software?

08/25/2006, 10:48 AM	#4
jdm0012 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 76	are there round bristleworms?

08/25/2006, 01:37 PM	#8
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	It almost looks like the underside of a bivalve. We'll definitely need better pictures. It doesn't look like any polychaete worms i've ever seen in any position. __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

08/25/2006, 02:12 PM	#9
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Don't think it's a worm. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

08/25/2006, 04:53 PM	#10
jdm0012 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 76	TKByrnes- Thanks for the help with the circle. It's not the end of a worm, in the picture it is between a piece of crushed coral and the glass so it is thin.The arms are are somewhat curled up in the picture but you can see that the lower left is somewhat extended. I will try and find him again and get a better picture so we can figure out what it is.

08/25/2006, 06:12 PM	#11
TKByrnes Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfield, PA Posts: 1,331	no problem. i hope you find out what it is. __________________ Baby it was on sale half price I PROMISE!!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gal mixed reef-55 gal sump-mag 9.5 return pump-10 gal frag tank 15 gal refugium. 2x 150 watt HQI outer orbit 4x pc actinic

08/25/2006, 06:44 PM	#12
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	It looks symmetrical, it attaches to glass and disappears into the substrate, and has eight arms? Could it be some sort of starfish? Is there a way you could crop the section of the picture with the creature and just post that section so we can see a larger image of it? (MS Paint will allow you to do this fairly simply). __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

08/25/2006, 06:59 PM	#13
TKByrnes Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfield, PA Posts: 1,331	ok i made it bigger for you but it kinda made it blurry __________________ Baby it was on sale half price I PROMISE!!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gal mixed reef-55 gal sump-mag 9.5 return pump-10 gal frag tank 15 gal refugium. 2x 150 watt HQI outer orbit 4x pc actinic

08/25/2006, 07:28 PM	#14
jdm0012 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 76	Thanks again TKByrnes I agree ACBlinky it is more like a starfish then a worm. I have been searching throughout the evening and have not seen him/it again. Advantage to the creature...1/8-1/4 inch in 90 gallons I may not seen it again for some time if ever....unless it grows.

08/25/2006, 07:49 PM	#15
TKByrnes Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfield, PA Posts: 1,331	no problem once again. __________________ Baby it was on sale half price I PROMISE!!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gal mixed reef-55 gal sump-mag 9.5 return pump-10 gal frag tank 15 gal refugium. 2x 150 watt HQI outer orbit 4x pc actinic

08/26/2006, 06:03 AM	#16
jdm0012 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 76	bump

08/27/2006, 04:32 AM	#17
jdm0012 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 76	bump