What is it?

Gotta love live rock. Always new critters showing up. Tank has been
going three years, with no new rock additions. Never saw this before,
probably been living in the substrate and doesn't normally come out.

Any ideas what it is?

http://home.comcast.net/~bberg100/Aq...What-is-it.htm

--
Bill Berglin

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid
in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly
proclaiming, 'WOW! What A RIDE!!" ... Unknown

Hi Bill,

What you've got there is a Chiton. Any I.D. more precise would be a
W.A.G. but you might take a look at this fellow:

Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian Fuzzy Chiton
http://www.jaxshells.org/0430pp.htm

Chitons are pretty common worldwide but there aren't really all that
many species (500 to 600species). As far as I know they are all
basically herbivorous grazers and extremely slow moving.


Polyplacophorically yours,

Alex

Tidepool Geek wrote:
Hi Bill,

What you've got there is a Chiton. Any I.D. more precise would be a
W.A.G. but you might take a look at this fellow:

Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian Fuzzy Chiton
http://www.jaxshells.org/0430pp.htm

Chitons are pretty common worldwide but there aren't really all that
many species (500 to 600species). As far as I know they are all
basically herbivorous grazers and extremely slow moving.


Polyplacophorically yours,

Alex



Thanks!

--
Bill Berglin

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid
in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly
proclaiming, 'WOW! What A RIDE!!" ... Unknown

some type of chiton. they typically live under rocks so you may never get to
see it for a long time.

"Bill B" wrote in message
...
Gotta love live rock. Always new critters showing up. Tank has been
going three years, with no new rock additions. Never saw this before,
probably been living in the substrate and doesn't normally come out.

Any ideas what it is?

http://home.comcast.net/~bberg100/Aq...What-is-it.htm

--
Bill Berglin

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming,
'WOW! What A RIDE!!" ... Unknown

I agree, it looks like a chiton. Nothing to worry about except if you have
small polyps coral.
It will eat out all the rock scraping algea out. Too bad it doesn't eat
other than rock algae. It will also drill holes on your life rock.
Strange that you didn't see it before, although it does lay in rocks, it
eats algae that needs light to survive, therefor, it will be eating on top
of lighted rocks.

jrs
"Charles Spitzer" wrote in message
...
some type of chiton. they typically live under rocks so you may never get
to see it for a long time.

"Bill B" wrote in message
...
Gotta love live rock. Always new critters showing up. Tank has been
going three years, with no new rock additions. Never saw this before,
probably been living in the substrate and doesn't normally come out.

Any ideas what it is?

http://home.comcast.net/~bberg100/Aq...What-is-it.htm

--
Bill Berglin

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming,
'WOW! What A RIDE!!" ... Unknown