Slug-Like-Thing?

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  1. Elizabeth

    Elizabeth Plankton

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    Can anyone help me ID this? When I first saw it I thought it might be a baby sea-apple? It came in on a piece of live rock today, along with those blue cloves for scale (the thing is about 1.25 cm long)
     

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  2. yamaharider73

    yamaharider73 Kole Tang

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    Wish i could help but i cant see what you are referring to. Someone will chime in shortly and may be able to help.
     
    yamaharider73, Sep 18, 2010
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  3. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Some kind of nudibranch but don't know the scientific name.
     
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  4. LeslieH

    LeslieH Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    It's a solitary tunicate AKA sea squirt. I can see both the incurrent & outcurrent siphons even though the picture is blurry. It's a filter feeder that sucks in water, filters out the particles, & jets the water back out.
     
    LeslieH, Sep 18, 2010
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