What is this?

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by juliew, Dec 4, 2008.

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  1. reef_guru

    reef_guru Humpback Whale

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    played with the pics for ya
     

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  3. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    You mean that wasn't your alternate identity? :p
     
  4. SeanS

    SeanS Astrea Snail

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    If it does not have a hard shell I would say tunicate. They do not all look like tubes. Look up compound tunicates, I think that is what they are called.

    If it has a hard shell, I do not know.
     
  5. nanoreefer555

    nanoreefer555 Fire Shrimp

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    Nope. I am me and {nano}reefer is someone else. But we do share a kickass name!8) It takes a special kinda person to be a nanoreefer.:p
     
  6. nanoreefer555

    nanoreefer555 Fire Shrimp

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    Definitely a tunicate. Random fact: Tunicates (Subphylum Urochordata) are the lowest order form of chordates, meaning they are the first organisms to exhibit rudimentary signs of a backbone. They are our distant cousins--makes us all a little less ugly.;)

    Reference: Castro, Peter and Michael E. Huber, Marine Biology 5th Ed., McGraw Hill; Boston, 2005.
     
  7. juliew

    juliew Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Thanks everyone, I appreciate the responses.

    If it is in fact a tunicate, do I have a problem?

    julie