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[Stoyan Kirkov]

Please help me iD this guy.
One of my hammers is struggling and when I decided to cut one of the heads this guy felt from the coral.
Thank you in advance.

 

[Troylee]

Doesn’t look like a typical flat worm or Eefw.. I’ve had them and they’re different.. not sure what that is.. this is the typical Eefw that stunts or kills lps.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Hard to tell for sure from the pic, but it looks like it might be a chiton (which would be a harmless algae eater).

 

[90's reefer]

Hard to tell for sure from the pic, but it looks like it might be a chiton (which would be a harmless algae eater).

Yep thats what it looks like.

 

[Fish Styx]

Please help me iD this guy.
One of my hammers is struggling and when I decided to cut one of the heads this guy felt from the coral.
Thank you in advance.

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Difficult to tell from the pic, but looks more like a limpet than a chiton to me. Chitons have segmented "backs". Either way, harmless and a good addition to your CuC. Can you provide a closer pic from above and maybe a side view to confirm?

 

[Stoyan Kirkov]

chiton

Hi
Thanks for the response. It looks like chitons are bigger. This one is size of couple mm, size like flat worm size.

 

[TnFishwater98]

Stomatella?

 

[Stoyan Kirkov]

Stomatella?

Doesn't look like stomatella

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Hi
Thanks for the response. It looks like chitons are bigger. This one is size of couple mm, size like flat worm size.

Most chitons are, but there are at least a handful of species (such as many Leptochiton spp.) that are tiny (the smallest I'm aware of is L. muelleri n. sp., which to my knowledge grows to a max known size of 2.1mm; others I know hit 8-11mm full grown). That said, it may very be a juvenile regular chiton as well, and not full grown yet.

Regardless, what's on the underside of the shell? Does the creature have limbs, or a snail-like foot?

 

[Kasrift]

Looks like a chiton to me from this article http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php/29196-Something-different

 

[nereefpat]

Does it have a hard shell?

 

[Stoyan Kirkov]

Most chitons are, but there are at least a handful of species (such as many Leptochiton spp.) that are tiny (the smallest I'm aware of is L. muelleri n. sp., which to my knowledge grows to a max known size of 2.1mm; others I know hit 8-11mm full grown). That said, it may very be a juvenile regular chiton as well, and not full grown yet.

Regardless, what's on the underside of the shell? Does the creature have limbs, or a snail-like foot?

I didn't see a hard shell
It's so tiny

 

[Stoyan Kirkov]

Looks like a chiton to me from this article http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php/29196-Something-different

I think the second picture from the article is the same guy.
Thank you all of you guys for the help!
Happy reefing!