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Mranderson · 03/14/2013, 08:23 PM

Hi I'm just looking to pull some thoughts on what EXACTLY this guy is i have pictured. Not the dead or dying amphipod to the left. but the segmented creature. He's got such a strange face, I've seen a picture of this creature's head before but I don't know where, when or why. If you think he's bad please inform me. I reason not, but please provide otherwise.

kingfisher62 · 03/14/2013, 08:30 PM

I have no idea, looks scary! Possibly some type of shrimp.
I am subscribing to this thread to see what it is.

Mranderson · 03/14/2013, 08:41 PM

I'm not sure. But I would definitively say this guy is very very closely related to anthuroids. of which I have never heard of before. wicked neat. flower tails.

http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2011/03/flower-tails.html

This is literally something I just happened to stumble upon in my tank, and while image searching scary isopods lol. I still don't know precisely what I have. I can narrow my search. Interesting article.

Anemone · 03/14/2013, 09:44 PM

Looks a bit like a tanaid to me - but not sure, since I've never seen mine out of the sand.

Kevin

Mranderson · 03/14/2013, 10:00 PM

agreed, after researching it does look like a tanaid. some of those sp. seem to have pinchers. I'd be on the fence with either. leaning towards a type of anthurid. Definitely isopod spp.

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchpods.html

chucks site says both species are predatory :/ whaa whaa oh well. reefs not a reef without all the fixin's. damn. lol. Glad I discovered something new to me. Glad I didn't kill anything today. Bummed if he's eating my copepods.

Mranderson · 03/14/2013, 10:01 PM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_...9228/lightbox/

link to unavailable tanaid pic

MARINECRITTERS · 03/14/2013, 10:23 PM

Looks like a tanaid as others have said, most are harmless grazers but the odd one can be a nuisance. I have tons of them in my tank, they repopulate like crazy and dig tunnels in my sand bed. I have had no problems with them.

Mranderson · 03/15/2013, 12:11 AM

I wish i had more insight to take more, different, or varied angle shots because I'm having trouble distinguishing the tail and primary limbs; whether it is "petal" like and whether the first set of limbs are pointed or claws. Eh well, I think this is as far as I will get for now until I can find em again. Both species aren't too distant. I'll consider them tanaids. Thanks all.

kingfisher62 · 03/15/2013, 05:24 AM

So, Are they good fish food?

trae · 03/15/2013, 05:34 AM

A good size wrasse would probably devoure it sushi style. I pulled a nice size bug off of a tang I caught once and threw him in. Great find, I did not know they existed.

03/14/2013, 08:30 PM	#2
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	I have no idea, looks scary! Possibly some type of shrimp. I am subscribing to this thread to see what it is. __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

03/14/2013, 08:41 PM	#3
Mranderson Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: central PA Posts: 69	I'm not sure. But I would definitively say this guy is very very closely related to anthuroids. of which I have never heard of before. wicked neat. flower tails. http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2011/03/flower-tails.html This is literally something I just happened to stumble upon in my tank, and while image searching scary isopods lol. I still don't know precisely what I have. I can narrow my search. Interesting article. Last edited by Mranderson; 03/14/2013 at 08:51 PM.

03/14/2013, 09:44 PM	#4
Anemone Cloning Around Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Valencia, California Posts: 25,267	Looks a bit like a tanaid to me - but not sure, since I've never seen mine out of the sand. Kevin __________________ Back in the pool, swimming with the sharks... Current Tank Info: Red Sea 425XL w/Kessil AP700, Vertex 180i Skimmer, 2 x Vortech MP40s

03/15/2013, 05:24 AM	#9
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	So, Are they good fish food? __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

03/15/2013, 05:34 AM	#10
trae DR Octopod Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Honolulu Posts: 380	A good size wrasse would probably devoure it sushi style. I pulled a nice size bug off of a tang I caught once and threw him in. Great find, I did not know they existed. __________________ For a fish today, i will gladly pay you Tuesday. What tha Frag! Current Tank Info: 240gal mixed reef build in the works

03/14/2013, 10:00 PM	#5
Mranderson Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: central PA Posts: 69	agreed, after researching it does look like a tanaid. some of those sp. seem to have pinchers. I'd be on the fence with either. leaning towards a type of anthurid. Definitely isopod spp. http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchpods.html chucks site says both species are predatory :/ whaa whaa oh well. reefs not a reef without all the fixin's. damn. lol. Glad I discovered something new to me. Glad I didn't kill anything today. Bummed if he's eating my copepods.

03/14/2013, 10:01 PM	#6
Mranderson Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: central PA Posts: 69	http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_...9228/lightbox/ link to unavailable tanaid pic

03/14/2013, 10:23 PM	#7
MARINECRITTERS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,525	Looks like a tanaid as others have said, most are harmless grazers but the odd one can be a nuisance. I have tons of them in my tank, they repopulate like crazy and dig tunnels in my sand bed. I have had no problems with them.

03/15/2013, 12:11 AM	#8
Mranderson Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: central PA Posts: 69	I wish i had more insight to take more, different, or varied angle shots because I'm having trouble distinguishing the tail and primary limbs; whether it is "petal" like and whether the first set of limbs are pointed or claws. Eh well, I think this is as far as I will get for now until I can find em again. Both species aren't too distant. I'll consider them tanaids. Thanks all.