Ohio Reef

Reef Discussion => Inverts => Topic started by: jjw2121 on April 03, 2008, 17:17:54

Title: Help with Identification
Post by: jjw2121 on April 03, 2008, 17:17:54

Anybody know what this is? Looks like a black mushroom but it moves and has legs. 

Title: Re: Help with Identification
Post by: verper on April 03, 2008, 17:25:45

Looks like a limpet. 

Title: Re: Help with Identification
Post by: jjw2121 on April 03, 2008, 17:31:02

Don't Limpets have shells?  This has a no shell, soft body.

Title: Re: Help with Identification
Post by: verper on April 03, 2008, 17:45:23

I'm pretty sure there are soft bodied limpets.  Or something close to that family.

Title: Re: Help with Identification
Post by: MechanicalEngineer on April 03, 2008, 17:49:48

weirdness!

Title: Re: Help with Identification
Post by: mrs. justcoral on April 03, 2008, 20:57:51

Ya, thats a black limpit. It has a shell, but it's body comes up and over to cover it. Scott just had one in the soft coral tank and gave it to themissinglink because it eats coral. Now we know why our mushrooms have been disappearing! It does eat cyano and other algae so it's good, but not for a reef tank. If you have Julian Sprung's Invertebrates book, it's on page 113.

Title: Re: Help with Identification
Post by: verper on April 03, 2008, 21:41:30

Thanks for the info

Title: Re: Help with Identification
Post by: mrs. justcoral on April 03, 2008, 21:42:41

Thats what I'm here for babe. ;)