Can Anyone Tell Me What This Is--->??????

Pan · #1 01-30-2009, 07:49 AM

A few taxa possess a calcified plate called the anal shield.?

Jack · #2 01-30-2009, 08:20 AM

Looks like the ass end of a chiton to me but it's hard to tell.

es355lucille · #3 01-30-2009, 05:32 PM

Pan, I read this as well. I believe you are correct. Maybe he will come out some day and I can get a picture for positive identification. Until then, the mystery is interesting. I did'nt realize how many live creatures come along with the LR.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Pan

A few taxa possess a calcified plate called the anal shield.?

BCOrchidGuy · #4 01-30-2009, 06:41 PM

I had a peanut worm and it only extended at night, late at night. When the light would hit it, the worm would retract with amazing speed so it took a while to figure it out. If you can set up a small (not bright) light so you can see into the area where it is and check on it a couple times after lights out you may see what it is. My peanut worm would extend out almost a foot and feed like an elephant trunk but like I say, when it retracted, it was almost instant.

Douglas

albert_dao · #5 01-30-2009, 07:09 PM

It's a burrowing mussel. Harmless.

chandigz · #6 01-30-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by albert_dao

It's a burrowing mussel. Harmless.

That was my first thought some sort of bivalve (clam or mussel) Its a little tough to tell from the picture but it looks like you can see the hinge?

es355lucille · #7 01-31-2009, 06:05 AM

Thanks to everyone with the great ideas on what this thing could be. I really not much help here..... I will do what BCOrchidGuy is suggesting and stake it out one of these nights and see if I can catch him coming out. I have never seen it out any farther than you all see it there. If I scare him he goes deep into the rock and it takes it a full day to come back out to this position again.

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Originally Posted by chandigz

That was my first thought some sort of bivalve (clam or mussel) Its a little tough to tell from the picture but it looks like you can see the hinge?

new but handy · #8 01-31-2009, 04:59 PM

I would be a little more concerned about the crabs. They tend to eat everything. If you put red celophane over a little flashlight it shouldn't scare the little creatures in the tank. You would be amazed at what you can see after the lights go out.