For You Id Experts...

[NU-2reef]

so these are a few pics of one piece of LR i picked up from the lfs. I feel like i scored with this one but ill celebrate after i hear your responses.

Im pretty sure these pics are some sort of worm but not sure on species, any ID? (the red one).

[NU-2reef]

now the following pics im not too sure of. i have a feeling its an anemone?
can anyone confirm. the pics arent great but hope its good enough.

Also the growth that is encrusting the LR has interesting texture but what is it? is it dead? some parts have color (pink/green/violet) other areas are white.

[NU-2reef]

These pics are from the same rock. There seems to be a crab of a kind in one of the worm holes. the crab is a fleshtone color with reddish brown. has feather like antennae and only stick the front of his body out.It looks like his left claw is the only claw or just significantly bigger than the right.

the second pic is a slug looking character with small possibly soft shell. quick little bugger.

Any idea?

The crab is below the christmas worm and off to the right in the wromhole.

[ziggy222]

you'll find information on that christmastreefeatherduster rock by do a search on christmastreefeatherduster rock

[NU-2reef]

ok so the first one is a Christmas tree worm but can anyone tell me what my second and third post are pics of.

i had a good idea that it was a x-mas worm but im completely clueless on the other two.

[pagojoe]

It looks like the last one may be a big vermetid snail. I don't know how many vermetids have the "horns" like that, but the ones I'm familiar with which are similar are Serpulorbis species. You can probably do an image search on the net and find a species that's close than these, but:

Biology 461 Fall, 2002 Image

Molluschi : archivio fotografico di Giuseppe Mazza

(check photo L-102-5)

Cheers,


Don

[coral reefer]

Vermatid snails for the second one. Crab I can't get that good a look at but looks like a hermit, but maybe a porcelain crab.
Also the above is definitely christmastree rock which often grows in association with Porites stony coral. Unfortunately, if one of the species dies, the other doesn't live much longer after the demise of the first species. Bright light will help it to survive.