subsea Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 It glides like a snail. It was a hitchhiker on GOM live rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 The orange one on the rock to the right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 These were taken one hour later. About a 12" distance to travel. Sorry about the coralline on glass. The corner normally has a rock and does not get cleaned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 The orange one on the rock to the right? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 More pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Does it have a shell? That thing looks huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 The pictures are a little fuzzy, does it look like this? http://www.nudibranch.com.au/pages/6307a.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 I do not think it has a shell but I have never seen it out this long. It is just over 2" long. l The pictures from Australia look like it as best I can tell. Thank you, Mike. I will set a better camera up with a tripod. Hopefully, I can get better pictures. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Long shot but if you find it's a pest and eats sponges I may be interested if you want to get rid of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Long shot but if you find it's a pest and eats sponges I may be interested if you want to get rid of it... He has been in the system for 1 year. At times, he will disappear for a month or two. This tank has been set up for 12 years and I welcome diversity. In thinking of a pet name, "orange slug" comes to mind. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct67stang Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Long shot but if you find it's a pest and eats sponges I may be interested if you want to get rid of it...He has been in the system for 1 year. At times, he will disappear for a month or two. This tank has been set up for 12 years and I welcome diversity. In thinking of a pet name, "orange slug" comes to mind.Patrick id name him buger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 The pictures are a little fuzzy, does it look like this?http://www.nudibranch.com.au/pages/6307a.htm Mike, Thank you for the link to the pictures. It does look the same. The orange slug came in with Florida aquacultured rock that was diver collected in 30' of water 30 miles west of Tampa Bay. These offshore leases have been maintained for more than 20 years. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koe Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I'd guess it's some sort of keyhole limpet based off the pictures. Take a look at the 6th column second row under gastropods on this page: http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/mollusk%20gallery.htm That looks a lot like what you have. Edit: Added pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Very neat picture. The image seems to show it as if looking at its underside while crawling on glass. I have seen him on the glass only once in a year. I have several variety of chitin. They have similiar feeding behavior. Thank you for the identification help. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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