critter ID... mantis?

mkzimms

mkzimms

Member
posting on behalf of my friend...
my buddy found a weird critter in his tank. It's about 1/4" long, looks almost like a mysis shrimp or a millipede. It's translucentish and the end of it's body curls under. It swims backwards like a shrimp. He saw it twice walking through zoa patches between the polyps (he could just see it's antennae and the polyps closing). When he tried to get a good angle it was almost like it knew he was looking and it was trying to stay out of sight. Last night he turned his second pump on for the first time in a week and it came out of the return.
baby mantis?
eunicid worm?
i haven't seen it and i couldn't tell from his description either... any thoughts?
 
michaeltx

michaeltx

Moderator
could be but there are other shrimp like critters that it could be. has he got a good look at the pinchers most all mantis are curled in front of them.
Mike
 
crashbandicoot

crashbandicoot

Active Member
Originally Posted by MichaelTX
http:///forum/post/2560763
could be but there are other shrimp like critters that it could be. has he got a good look at the pinchers most all mantis are curled in front of them.
Mike

Originally Posted by morval
http:///forum/post/2560775
1/4" could be a big pod. they curl up and are clear/creme colored


good call guys .
Most mantis this small will hide and very seldom be visible . So it might be hard to get a look at it . Sexyshrimp101 has a small wernera mantis and it is very very shy . Honestly if it is only a 1/4 long I would guess it a pod of some sort . even if it is a mantis shrimp your not going to have much luck getting one this small out of your rock work as they are great at hiding . If you can get a good picture than we could identify it better .
 
mkzimms

mkzimms

Member
ill see what he can do about a pic. i was unaware pods could get that big, interesting new fact for me.
 
michaeltx

michaeltx

Moderator
Originally Posted by p90ninja
http:///forum/post/2561825
stop messing with the poor guy

that is no joke that is a real pod that was cought on a deep sea excursion by a one of the marine voyages cant remember which one though but its for real.

Mike
 
vicarious

vicarious

Member
Originally Posted by MichaelTX
http:///forum/post/2562167
that is no joke that is a real pod that was cought on a deep sea excursion by a one of the marine voyages cant remember which one though but its for real.

Mike
A deep sea pod that eats deep sea sharks?
 
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