Common IDs

i've seen a lot of posts on id's of the same thing mostly what are below so maybe this will help those people find their answers a little faster. if there is anything to add by all means post away.

Scypha sponge/ Pineapple Sponge

Harmless Filter Feeder






Copepods

Beneficial part of your tank, everything eats these little guys.




Micro Feather dusters
Harmless Filter Feeders



Spirorbid Worms

Harmless Filter feeder that will soon be everywhere.





Tunicates

Harmless filter feeders, they look pretty but in the long run they can be hard to keep.





Hydroids

these are basically baby jelly fish, although it will be most unlikely that they will ever turn to real jelly fish. basically harmless.




vermetid worm

 

Thanks ! That's useful!

 

Useful ID's, thanks. Krama up

 

Good Work! -- will be a help to many.

 

Nice job and a great find! Thanks...
This will help answer many questions and offer alot of relief to fellow reefers wondering what these unique and interesting animals are!!!

 

This should be a sticky!

 

Done

 

Foram



pseudocorynactis



Scutus (with back flap closed) I circled where the back flap is often open



Zoanthid Eating Nudibranch (photo by kelli Czerwinski)



Zoanthid eating nudibranch eggs (photo by Dwight Cambell)



Asterina Starfish



Chiton with several hitchhiking barnacles on it's back

 

Ulva


Sargassum


Padina


Halymenia


Gracilaria


Dictyota


Dasya baillouviana


EDIT: On the last picture, there's a algae that looks VERY similar called Asparagopsis which I cannot find a public domain picture of. Basically, if it looks like cotton candy, it's typically one of those two species.

Nemastoma

 

thanks. I have a chiton in my tank and didn't know what it was