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My pleasure... :) Chuck
Its the reproductive polyp of a Cassiopeia jellyfish. I have some photo sequence photos showing the differing stages within this link if you care to...
I seriously doubt that a fish would allow a shrimp (if the shrimp can even do it in the first place) to dig into its skin to remove this protozoan...
Thank you. Chuck
This video was created by the local Mactan Aquarium and is shown to all visiting school children and is also distributed throughout the local school...
I can't make out any details at all in those photos, but I would suspect a synaptid (medussa worm). If you wish, I have some photo examples within...
They could be an insect (larval form), its not all that uncommon when peaple return rocks that have been in storage to find that some insect or two...
Can you get an in-focus, up close photo of its head? Chuck
Can only make out enough details to say that it is not a "peanut" worm. Check the worm section in the below link, might you find what you have....
Sorry, but those photos are so out of focus its impossible to make out any details. Chuck
What group or species do you have in mind, "Arthropod" covers everything from insects to crustaceans. Need to get much more specific please. Chuck
I've been working on an ID page for the Caridean shrimp and thought that it might be of use, or future use for those interested in such shrimp. The...
Discosoma striatus - Very common and easily propogated. Chuck
Yup...:)
Am nit picking here, but "blue ridge" anything is not an identifying name nor is any of the hobby created common names, zoanthids are a good example....
It has often been noted that "bulbed tipped" anemone in the wild do not form "bulbs" unless it is hosting clownfish. I would also not get too...
Really hard to tell without better detail, but as a wild guess, maybe a tunicate with a worm or some other "two eyed" critter peeking out from under...
Look at the shape of the claws, they are "spoon" shaped, meaning that this crab spends its time scraping your rock for any life forms that it can...
A much better, in focus photo would help a lot. It might even be a brittle starfish arm? Chuck
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