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whiteshark
11/29/2014, 03:42 PM
First let me apologize for the blurry pic. My camera WILL NOT focus on it. I've tried from many angles and distances. No go. So this was the best I could do.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/whiteshark_2006/IMG_4390.jpg (http://s59.photobucket.com/user/whiteshark_2006/media/IMG_4390.jpg.html)
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/whiteshark_2006/IMG_4389.jpg (http://s59.photobucket.com/user/whiteshark_2006/media/IMG_4389.jpg.html)

Those are a couple of several "arms". They protrude from a central hole in the rock, and curl in when they grab some food. For some reason bryozoan sticks in my head, but googling that term does not yield any results that look like this.

Again, apologies for the crappy pics. I know it's tough so I understand if ID isn't possible, but it's a pretty unique looking, uh, thing lol. Thanks!

cloak
11/29/2014, 03:45 PM
I think it's some type of sea cucumber. There's a picture in the link below that looks very similar.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml

whiteshark
11/29/2014, 03:50 PM
You're the man! Looks VERY similar to that. It seems to be growing since I started feeding reef roids. Pretty neat to watch. Thanks for the ID!