What is this!!??

[Anonymous]

This is a new tank and I am nearing the end of curing about 260# of Fiji and Tonga Branch. So it came with my live rock. Just poped up last night. Wasn't really moving until I turned on the lights, then he stood right up. Don't know how I could have missed this guy when I was cleaning the rock before it went in the tank but...what is it? The first pic is of the back and the he turned around so I could get a shot of the front. It's pretty big, maybe a little larger than a roll of dimes. I think it was attached to some some of the deep sea Tonga Branch.


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-JB
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[Anonymous]

I won't take credit for this, but Dr. Shimek has ID'd it as a type of mollusc that eats Gorgonians. The stalks of the gorgonian fit nicely into the groove you can see on the animal's underside.

 

[Anonymous]

Boy, that'll be one heck of an expensive critter to keep alive!

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