I think I'm under attack

[unibob]

In a bucket till I find out what it is.

Any idea? It's got a big crazy skirt.

 

[Reef Hero]

Cowrie?


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[TORX]

Scutus antipodes (black sea slug/nudibranch)

 

[unibob]

Scutus antipodes (black sea slug/nudibranch)

So from what I read it only eats sponges?

 

[AdInfinitum]

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Scutus antipodes (black sea slug/nudibranch)

So from what I read it only eats sponges?

Good call!  A better look at the shell and/or gills would help but I would lean towards an algae eating species.
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[TORX]

[quote author=Torx link=topic=7337.msg75539#msg75539 date=1388809631]
Scutus antipodes (black sea slug/nudibranch)

So from what I read it only eats sponges?
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Sponges and algae, but there is limited information on them. It is more 'best guess' information based on the critters Order, Family, and Superfamily.

They seem pretty cool. Maybe you will get lucky and come across some other hiding and/or breeding.

 

[davesolo29]

$25 each.... what a steal?  probably worth 10x that

 

[nexusnight]

i think i  have  Scutus antipodes in my tank. yours seems more"ruffled" than mine do. coud be just u have urs in a seperate container. they do breed and ive seen several small ones since. only ever seen them really grazing at night on algea

 

[TORX]

Get breeding em. I am sure they will sell.

 

[nexusnight]

maybe ill try.... saw a couple in my sump today. any secrets to getting critter like this to breed? i always thought snails and the like were a sexual?

 

[unibob]

If I find it again Adam, it's all yours if you want.

 

[AdInfinitum]

i think i  have  Scutus antipodes in my tank. yours seems more\"ruffled\" than mine do. coud be just u have urs in a seperate container. they do breed and ive seen several small ones since. only ever seen them really grazing at night on algea

S. Antipodes get about the size of a sea hare +  they don't stay small for long and are Aussie only.  S. Unguis however ranges throughout the Indo-Pacific region and stays around an inch long.  A couple of the only reef safe limpets.  Good pics in an old text book that I am still trying to get my money's worth out of.....Either way nice find!! I would trade for/or buy a couple if you find more and I can ID them.

There's a good chance that like Stomatella and many other simpler marine creatures their colonies have a limited viability without regular introduction of new genetics to the pool.  There is lots of hard data on that for many species and also explains why so many things in our tanks come and go for no apparent reason....

 

[sunnykita]

that's a pretty cool looking creature and if it's reef safe and you can breed more even better !

 

[nexusnight]

ahh good call, must no have read the 12cm thing right lol, dunno then looks very similar but the largest i have seen is around 12mm lol. i also have some that look the exact same but with brown/white backs? these little guys love algea and do seem to populate more

 

[AdInfinitum]

ahh good call, must no have read the 12cm thing right lol, dunno then looks very similar but the largest i have seen is around 12mm lol. i also have some that look the exact same but with brown/white backs? these little guys love algea and do seem to populate more

Then Stomatellas maybe?  I had jet black Stoma's for a while then they died out or were out competed by the regular brown and white ones.  I would love to grab some of those too.

 

[reeffreak]

I'm pretty sure it's a stometella I've came across a few black ones and they look the same.